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A light-skinned man in red and woman in blue sit with an infant between them, angels beside and above them, a small town in the background.
Renaissance and Before

The Nativity

Fra Bartolommeo
artist Fra Bartolommeo (Baccio della Porta; Italian, 1472-1517)
date 1504–7
medium Oil on panel
origin Italy
dimensions 34 × 24.5 cm
credit line Ethel T. Scarborough Fund; John G. Searle Family Trust, L. L. and A. S. Coburn, Mr. and Mrs. Lester King, John and Josephine Louis, Samuel A. Marx, Alexander McKay, Chester D. Tripp, and Murray Vale endowment funds; purchased with funds provided by Marilynn Alsdorf, Anne Searle Bent, David and Celia Hilliard, Alexandra and John Nichols, Mrs. Harold T. Martin, Mrs. George B. Young in memory of her husband, and the Rhoades Foundation; gift of John Bross and members of the Old Masters Society in memory of Louise Smith Bross; through prior gift of the George F. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson, and Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester collections
exhibitions One Light
hall 01 Renaissance and Before
rights public domain (CC0)
Record in Chicago Full image

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