# The Nativity

- By: Petrus Christus (Netherlandish, active 1444 - 1475/1476)
- Date: c. 1450
- Medium: oil on panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: painted surface: 127.6 x 94.9 cm (50 1/4 x 37 3/8 in.) ; overall (panel): 130 x 97 cm (51 3/16 x 38 3/16 in.) ; framed: 149.2 x 118.4 cm (58 3/4 x 46 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Bruges
- Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.47.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/23e1898b-a329-460e-a791-c69663f7539d/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)