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Relief in marble, Nativity. The recumbent Child is seen in the lower left corner of the relief in front of the manger, behind which appear the heads of the Ox and the Ass. In the right foreground is the seated figure of St. Joseph. The Virgin kneels in the right centre of the composition in the left profile, before the stable which can be seen in the background in the right. In the left background are two summarily indicated hills and above them an eight pointed star. The relief is enclosed in a wooden gilt frame supported by four caryatids.
Title
Nativity
Date
second half of fifteenth century
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 40 x W 29 x D (?) cm
Accession number
A.7-1943
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Reginald Dyson
Work type
Sculpture
Victoria and Albert Museum
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