A woman kneels in front of a baby under a stone structure to the right as a man sits and dozes in front of a landscape to the left in this wide, horizontal painting. All three people have pale, peachy skin with rosy cheeks and gold, flat, disk-like halos. To our right, the woman’s head and shoulders are covered with a white cloth as she crosses her hands across her chest. She wears a rose-pink dress under a voluminous, sky-blue robe lined with spruce green. The robe puddles on the floor behind her feet, and one section has been pulled forward to be used as a blanket for the baby. The child…
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The Nativity

painter Fra Filippo Lippi (Florentine, c. 1406 - 1469)

and artist Italian 15th Century

probably c. 1445

Medium
oil and tempera (?) on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 23.2 x 55.3 cm (9 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.) ; framed: 27.9 x 59.7 x 5.7 cm (11 x 23 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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