The Nativity, ca. 1435–40
Zanobi Strozzi (Italian, 1412–1468); Fra Angelico (Italian, 1390/95–1455)
Tempera on panel; Overall 7 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (20 x 44.1 cm), picture surface 7 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (18.7 x 43.5 cm)
Gift of May Dougherty King, 1983 (1983.490)
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Zanobi Strozzi (Italian, 1412–1468); Fra Angelico (Italian, 1390/95–1455)
Tempera on panel; Overall 7 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (20 x 44.1 cm), picture surface 7 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (18.7 x 43.5 cm)
Gift of May Dougherty King, 1983 (1983.490)
The rigorous geometry of the centralized composition and the precisely observed recession in depth portrayed in this predella fragment have led to the proposal that the scene might have been designed by Fra Angelico and painted by Strozzi.
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Related Index Terms
Artist
Material and Technique
Object
Subject Matter/Theme
- • Figure, Biblical
- • Figure, Biblical, New Testament
- • Figure, Biblical, New Testament, Nativity
- • Figure, Christ
- • Figure, Mother and Child
- • Religious Art, Christianity
