École de (École de la russie centrale) Russie centrale, 1600 - Nativity - fine art print

In 1600 the artist École de (École de la russie centrale) Russie centrale painted this work of art called "Nativity". The artpiece was made with the size: Height: 31,3 cm, Width: 27 cm. Tempera, Wood (material) was applied by the painter as the medium of the painting. The original painting has the following text as inscrption: Registration - Above the heads of the Magi. Nowadays, the work of art can be viewed in in the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's digital collection. We are glad to state that the artpiece, which is part of the public domain is supplied with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.The creditline of the artwork is the following: . Moreover, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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The Nativity of Christ is surrounded by the main events that precede and follow chronologically from left to right and top to bottom: 1 - Horseback Magi heading to the grotto of the Nativity, guided by the star. 2 - An angel shows the hand the star the Magi. 3 - An angel announces the birth of Jesus to a shepherd. 4 - The Nativity of Christ, with the center the Virgin lying on a red coat, his head resting on hand. At his side, Jesus is swaddled lying in a manger that warm the ox and ass. 5 - St. Joseph, seated, examines this birth before him a shepherd dressed in an animal skin relies on a stick. 6 - Jesus Christ child is washed with two maids, left, two goats are fighting. 7 - The Magi lay their gifts at the feet of Christ. 8 - The Magi are a dream in which an angel warns the intentions of Herod, the hiring-out. 9 - Joseph, lying, had a dream where he saw the Archangel Gabriel who encouraged him to flee. 10 - The Flight into Egypt: the Virgin seated on a donkey holds the baby Jesus on her lap, Joseph leads the mount and into the city with them, the future apostle Jacques. 11 - The Massacre of the Innocents Herod observed the soldiers who slaughter children. 12 - St. Elizabeth in her arms her infant Saint John the Baptist and hides the eyes of a soldier before the mountain will welcome them. 13 - A mother lays Nathanael under a figuier.Sur borders, are shown in foot several saints, from top to bottom: St. John the Baptist, St. George, St. Paraskeva, St. Nicolas, St. John the Calybite, Laure Saint martyr.

This very complex iconography of the Nativity did practically developed in the seventeenth century, when it became common in Central Russia.

Marie Sainte (Virgin, biblical character); Christ Jesus; Joseph (St); Gabriel (archangel); Jacques le Mineur (apostle St.); Herod the Great; Elisabeth (holy, biblical character); John the Baptist (Prophet; St.); Bartholomew (or Nathaniel; St); Georges (St); Paraskevi of Rome (St); Nicolas (Nicolas said of Myra; St); John the Calybite (saint)

Biblical scene Nativity New Testament Scene, Baby Jesus, Wise Man, Adoration of the Magi, Star, Angel, Shepherd - Shepherd, Ox, Donkey, Ibex, Flight into Egypt, Holy Family Massacre of the Innocents, Soldier Mountain Tree