The Nativity by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1545)

Nativity scene with infant in manger, kneeling Mary and Joseph, ox and donkey, and angels in clouds above.

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This painting shows the Nativity, with the infant lying in a manger lit by a radiant glow while a kneeling woman in blue and a kneeling man in red pray beside him. An ox and a donkey rest near the manger, and a choir of angels gathers in a cloud above, while shepherds peer over a wall toward a landscape with sheep. The work is catalogued as a print by Lucas Cranach the Elder, dated 1545.

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Date

1545

Medium

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

Themes

Religion