The Nativity, with God the Father Surrounded by Angels and Cherubim
Catalogue
- Year
- 1470
- Medium
- tempera
- Dimensions
- joined NGA and MMA panels: 83.5 x 57.5 cm (32 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.) framed: 97.8 x 73.7 x 4.8 cm (38 1/2 x 29 x 1 7/8 in.) only NGA lunette (oval): 36.6 x 51.7 cm (14 7/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
Artist
Painting
Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501) was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer. As a painter, he belonged to the Sienese School. He was considered a visionary architectural theorist—in Nikolaus Pevsner's terms: "one of the most interesting later Quattrocento architects". As a military engineer, he executed architectural designs and sculptural projects and built almost seventy fortifications for the Federico da Montefeltro, Count of Urbino, building city walls and early examples of star-shaped fortifications.
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- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
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- Status
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