The Nativity, from the Life of Christ

The Nativity, from the Life of Christ

c. 1474 · Germany

Engraving in black ink on cream laid paper

And she brought foorth her first borne sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no roome for them in the Inne.
LUKE 2:7 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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