Title: The Birth of Christ, who is held by the Virgin against a penumbra of light, adoring angels, and Joseph leading a donkey at left
Object type: Print
Date: 1570–1615
Artist:  Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) 
Artist bio: Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553–1615 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 3/16 × 10 13/16 in. (41.1 × 27.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Cows, term: Donkeys, term: Angels, term: Christ, term: Saint Joseph, term: Virgin Mary