The Nativity, tempera and gold on wood

A gilded panel shows the Virgin Mary kneeling in blue at left and Saint Joseph kneeling in red at right, before the Christ Child lying in a manger with a haloed glow. Two oxen peer over the manger beneath a golden angel announcing the birth in a rocky, stylized landscape.

Artist

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)

Date

ca. 1406–10

Medium

Tempera and gold on wood

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3811 × 2544 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975