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Nativity

(Italian, Florence, 1459–1521)
about 1520
Object PlaceFlorence, Italy
Medium/TechniquePolychromed glazed terracotta
DimensionsOverall: 104 x 72.5 cm, 105 lb., 12.7 cm (40 15/16 x 28 9/16 in., 47.6 kg, 5 in.)
Framed (Steel wall contoured angle plate / two wall securement tabs): 109.7 x 71.8 x 6.4 cm (43 3/16 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Charles C. Perkins
Accession number76.701
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to come from the Campana collection. By 1876, Charles C. Perkins, Boston; 1876, gift of Charles C. Perkins to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1876)
Abundance
Giovanni della Robbia
First quarter of the 16th century
Pomona
Simon Philippe Mazière de Monville
1699
15th century
Virgin and Child
Domenico di Paris
about 1470
Group shot: 65.106-130
mid-18th century
Virgin and Child
Benedetto da Maiano
about 1510
Saint Andrew
17th century
God the Father
Johann Baptist Straub
about 1750
Virgin
Juan de Cordoba
signed and dated 1475: "Jua de cordoba me pito A.D. MIIIILXXV"