# The Nativity, with God the Father Surrounded by Angels and Cherubim

- By: Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Sienese, 1439 - 1501)
- Date: c. 1470
- Medium: tempera on panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: joined NGA and MMA panels: 83.5 x 57.5 cm (32 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.) ; framed: 97.8 x 73.7 x 4.8 cm (38 1/2 x 29 x 1 7/8 in.) ; only NGA lunette (oval): 36.6 x 51.7 cm (14 7/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Sienese
- Credit line: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941.100.2; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.8
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.154657.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/63e63e4a-a133-4353-be44-6ec3e73f2e19/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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