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Maker(s):Dürer, Albrecht
Culture:German (1471-1528)
Title:The Nativity from the series Small Passion
Date Made:1509
Type:Print
Materials:Woodcut
Place Made:Europe; Germany; Bavaria; Nuremberg
Measurements:sheet: 5 1/16 in x 3 7/8 in; 12.85875 cm x 9.8425 cm
Narrative Inscription:  MONOGRAM: recto, lwr. r. (printed within block): AD [D is backwards] ; INSCRIPTIONS: verso, lwr. r. (pencil): C 12041 ; INSCRIPTIONS: verso, lwr. r. (pencil): B 20 ;
Accession Number:  MH 1963.20.N.RII
Credit Line:Purchase
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Scene is set on a raised structure seen from below. To the left is Mary and Joseph looking down at the Christ Child in a basket, with an angel behind. To the right two men are kneeling and looking at the family. They are all under a roof that has no thatching. Star in Upper right. Angel appearing to shepherd off in the distance.

Tags:
Christianity; Christmas; biblical; births

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