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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Nativity
Description
This work was painted about 1482—when a team of Florentine and Umbrian painters were decorating the walls of the Sistine Chapel. Antoniazzo, a native of Rome, responded especially to the presence of Perugino and Ghirlandaio. He sets his depiction of the nativity—one of three scenes from the base (predella) of an altarpiece—in a landscape suggestive of Lazio, the region around Rome.
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (29.2 x 67.3 cm)
Movement / Period
Accession No
67175df1-5d44-4303-b244-f27393d07977
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Antoniazzo Romano (Antonio di Benedetto Aquilio)
Classical Art • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery