The Nativity of Christ
Iconography: Nativity of Christ
Date: XVI century. First half of the 16th century
Iconographic school/art center: Pskov icon-painting school
Origin: From the church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Lyubyatovo
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 77 cm, width 56 cm
The centre of the composition depicts the caver with the manger where Child Jesus is lying and before the cavern is represented the Mother of God on the bed. Here are also depicted the ox and the donkey bending over the Divine Child. To the left are represented the three Magi with the Gifts, to the right – the shepherds attending to the annunciation of the angel. Above the cavern is depicted the quadrant with the ray emanating from it. In the lower tier are represented Joseph talking to the shepherd and the two women washing the Divine Child.
General view