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Leaf Excised from a Book of Hours: The Nativity

Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a scene of the Nativity. A woman with long blonde hair wearing a blue dress and a halo sits on the left side of a manger with a baby lying in it. A man wearing an orange robe sits on the right side. A donkey and a cow stand behind them. The woman looks down at the baby. The man looks at the woman. A child peers out a window in the background. The scene is framed by a border with flowers, leaves, insects, and birds. The border is yellow. The frame around the scene is arched at the top. The scene is in a room with a vaulted roof and a window above the arch.

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680 × 893 px
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