The Nativity, ca. 1525 – 1530

Title

The Nativity

Painter

• Hans Baldung Grien

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on limewood

Material

• limewood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1890

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint
• nocturne

Main Motif

• Holy Family
• Mary
• Christ Child
• Joseph of Nazareth
• God the Father
• Bethlehem
• Life of the Virgin
• family
• angel
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Holy Family
• God the Father

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Herri met de Bles

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 1,18-25
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,5-7

Primary

• 73B13(+3) Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity) (+ angel(s))
• 11C God the Father

Secondary

• 73B281 the ox and the ass at the manger ~ Christ's birth

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