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Although this picture is of poor quality, and the style of its underdrawing and painting technique suggests it is from the early sixteenth century, the composition is close enough to the Portinari Triptych of around 1475 (Florence, Uffizzi) to suggest a connection with Hugo van der Goes. It is one of three surviving versions of a lost Nativity by him. The painter must have had access to patterns from van der Goes' workshop and used them to create a pastiche based on the lost painting, which was probably made in the early 1470s and might have been the missing left wing of the Monteforte Altarpiece (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Title
The Nativity, at Night
Date
probably about 1520-30
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 64.6 x W 47.1 cm
Accession number
NG2159
Acquisition method
Bought, 1854
Work type
Painting
