The Nativity
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Bartolomé Estebán Murillo
Artist bio: Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Spanish
Date: ca. 1665–70
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk
Dimensions: 10-3/4 x 9 in.  (27.3 x 22.9 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Clifford A. Furst Bequest, by exchange, and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1995
Accession year: 1995
Tags: Nativity|Birth|Angels|Christ