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The Nativity

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) · 1370–1425

Maximum print size

32.3 × 21.6 cm · 12.7 × 8.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,811 × 2,544 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 32.3 × 21.6 cm · 12.7 × 8.5 in
Mat border, sides: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1406–10
Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
Type: Paintings
Size: 22.2 × 31.1 cm · 8.7 × 12.2 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Holy Family, Nativity
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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