Nativity by Duccio 1308 - 1311
Duccio’s crowded nativity – originally part of an altarpiece in Siena Cathedral – features Mary and Jesus, centre stage, with Joseph (left), shepherds (right) and angels crowd around. At the bottom, Jesus is being bathed by some women attendants, not mentioned in the Bible, but something that every medieval mother would have recognised.
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