Meister von S. Lucia sul Prato
(Umkreis)
(1485-1500)
Geburt Christi,
um 1500
Material / Technology / Carrier
Pappelholz (Populus sp.)
Dimensions of the object
72,6 x 73,4 (rund) cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1808 durch Ankauf erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Meister von S. Lucia sul Prato(Umkreis), Geburt Christi, um 1500, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/o5xrQz747X (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
St Joseph is rarely given such prominence in scenes of the Adoration as in this tondo. Both the architectural ruins and the landscape, as well as the precise depiction of the materials’ qualities clearly reveal that the painter had intensively studied Early Netherlandish art that was highly esteemed in Florence at that time.
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