Gerard David, 1490 - The Nativity - fine art print

"The Nativity" as your art replica

In the year 1490 Gerard David painted the artwork. The 530 year-old piece of art has the following size: Framed: 102,5 x 76 x 7,5 cm (40 3/8 x 29 15/16 x 2 15/16 in); Unframed: 85,2 x 59,7 cm (33 9/16 x 23 1/2 in). Oil on wood panel was applied by the European artist as the medium of the artpiece. What is more, this piece of art is included in the digital collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. With courtesy of - The Cleveland Museum of Art (public domain). The creditline of the artwork is the following: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund. On top of that, alignment is in portrait format and has a ratio of 1 : 1.4, which implies that the length is 29% shorter than the width. The artist, illuminator, painter, drawer, miniaturist Gerard David was an artist, whose artistic style can be attributed primarily to Northern Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance painter was born in the year 1460 in Oudewater, Utrecht province, Netherlands and deceased at the age of 63 in 1523.

Original artwork information by the museum's website (© Copyright - The Cleveland Museum of Art - The Cleveland Museum of Art)

The nativity was one of the most frequently depicted subjects in western art. The event marks the entrance of Christ into the world and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. In the distance an angel announces the birth of Christ to the shepherds tending their flocks. One shepherd is already at the stable adoring the Christ child. In the background, the cityscape represents Jerusalem, where Christ would be crucified, represented here as a northern medieval city. Only Matthew and Luke describe Christ’s nativity in the Gospels, which led medieval writers and artists to amplify the event. Some scholars have suggested that the head of Joseph is a donor portrait. Gerard David was born in Oudewater, now located in Utrecht. He spent his mature career in Bruges, where he was a member of the painters’ guild. Upon the death of Hans Memling in 1494, David became Bruges’s leading painter of devotional panels. He was also a manuscript illuminator.

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