ID: 700002099 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002099	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Nativity (painting (visual work); Gentile da Fabriano (Italian, about 1370 - 1427) (Italian Ar...; about 1420 - 1422; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 77.PB.27)

Note: Several subjects coexist in this painting: the Madonna of Humility, the Nativity, and the Annunciation to the Shepherds.

Titles:

Nativity (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

altarpiece [300075940]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1420 - 1422

Creator Display:

Gentile da Fabriano (Italian, about 1370 - 1427) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Gentile da Fabriano (Italian painter, ca. 1370-1427) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500017803]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 77.PB.27

Display Materials: Tempera and gold leaf on panel

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 72.4 x 42.6 cm (28 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.); Framed: 91.9 x 46.7 x 8.3 cm (36 3/16 x 18 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Nativity of Christ [901000124]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Joseph, Saint [901000953]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Annunciation to the Shepherds [901000232]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Madonna of Humility [901000450]
	.....((Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	donkeys [300265959]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus), Equus asinus (species)) (AAT)

	oxen [300250282]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Bovidae (family), cattle) (AAT)

Inscriptions: cloak of the Virgin inscribed at the top: "ave/mater/digna/dei"; at the left: "salve/regina, mate[r]/mis[eric]ordia"(Salve Regina); at the right: "ave/maris/stel[la]/dei/mater [...]"(Stella Maris); at the bottom: "ave/maria/g[ratia]/plena [...]"(Ave Maria).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Nativity	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)