The Nativity
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 15 3/16 in. (26.1 x 38.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.7
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Nativity*, a captivating 1531 engraving byino Veneziano (also known as Agostino deii), after a design by the renownedist artist Giulio Romano. 10¼ x ⅜ inches, this print depicts the sacred birth of Christ amid adoring angels and shepherds, rendered with exquisite line work that captures the drama and tenderness of the holy scene. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it entered the collection through The Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 1949. during the High Renaissance's shift toward Mannerism, the artwork exemplifies the collaborative genius of the...