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The Nativity is a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus. It shows a nativity scene with grisaille archways and trompe-l'œil sculptured reliefs.
The Nativity is a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus. It shows a nativity scene with grisaille archways and trompe-l'œil sculptured reliefs.
Petrus Christus. Petrus Christus ( Dutch: [ˈpeː.trʏs ˈkrɪs.tʏs, ˈxrɪs-]; c. 1410/1420 – 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became the leading painter after the death of Jan van Eyck. He was influenced by van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden and is noted for his ...
The Nativity, one of Petrus Christus' most important devotional paintings, emphasizes the sacrificial nature of Christ's coming and shows the scene as part of a chain of events in the story of the Fall and Redemption of humankind.
This, the central event of Christmas, is represented by three works of art, all dating to around the same time: Petrus Christus’s painting around 1450, Luca della Robbia’s glazed terracotta around 1460, and Domenico Gagini’s marble carving around 1460. Figure 2: Petrus Christus, The Nativity, ca. 1450.
The Collection. European Paintings. The Lamentation. Petrus Christus Netherlandish. ca. 1450. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 605. Intended for private devotion, this painting depicts the lamentation over Christ’s dead body as a model for the viewer’s own contemplation and empathy.
The Nativity (c. 1445) by Petrus CHRISTUS. The Nativity is one of Petrus Christus' mature work, which may have been executed in the 1460s. Its dimensions are large for its day, but it was intended as an altarpiece and not for private devotion.
