Nativity
painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder
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Summary
Nativity is a painting[1]. Nativity ranks in the top 7% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder[3]
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
- Genre: religious art[5]
- Depicts: man[6], adoration of the shepherds[7], woman[8], Nativity of Jesus[9], Christ Child[10], oxen[11], donkey[12], candle[13], annunciation to the shepherds[14], Joseph[15], Mary[16], Jesus Christ[17]
- Made from material: paint[18], lime panel[19]
- Collection: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden[20]
- Inventory number: Gal.-Nr. 1907 A[21]
- Location: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[22]
- Commons category: Adoration of the Shepherds (Lucas Cranach the Elder)[23]
- Catalog code: FR101[24], CC-BNT-070-001[25]
- Main subject: adoration of the shepherds[26], Nativity of Jesus[27]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 73B13[28], 11F4[29], 47I2112[30], 11G[31], 73B25[32], 47I2271[33], 11H(JOSEPH)[34]
- Title: Geburt Christi[35]
- Different from: The Nativity[36]
- Height: 32 cm[37]
- Width: 24.5 cm[38]
- Copyright status: public domain[39]
Why It Matters
Nativity is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]