Title: The Nativity
Object: Painting
Artist:  Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Artist bio: Italian, Siena 1439–1501 Siena
Medium: Tempera on wood
Dimensions: Overall 20 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (52.7 x 60 cm); painted surface 20 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (52.1 x 57.2 cm); painted surface of reassembled work 33 1/4 in. (84.5 cm) high at center
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941. 41.100.2; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.8
Accession year: 1941
Tags: Jesus|Nativity|Angels|God the Father|Joseph|Virgin Mary