ID: 700009612 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009612	Record Type: Movable Work
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Nativity at Night, The (undetermined (information indicator); Geertgen tot Sint Jans (about 1455/65; died about 1485/95); possibly about 1490; National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Ki...; NG4081)

Note: Engaging and convincing early treatment of the Nativity as a night scene.

Titles:

Nativity at Night, The (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Nativity (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

undetermined (information indicator) [300379012] (preferred)

..... (Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), multidisciplinary concepts)

Classifications:

not applicable (preferred)

Creation Date: possibly about 1490

Creator Display:

Geertgen tot Sint Jans (about 1455/65; died about 1485/95) [preferred]

painter Geertgen tot Sint Jans (Netherlandish painter, ca. 1460-ca. 1490) [500115478]

Locations:

Current: National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125190] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: NG4081

Display Materials: Oil on oak

	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>)

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	oak (wood) [300012264]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

Dimensions: 34 x 25.3 cm

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

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

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Nativity at Night, The	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-) accessed 21 May 2019
The Nativity	........ [VP]
	........ Janson, History of Art (1971) 293 ff

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)
	..... Janson, History of Art (1971)