# San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Nativity

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## Artwork

- Artist: [JACOPO DI CIONE](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b>)
- Date: 1351-1400
- Technique: Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm

## Commentary

The panel representing the Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds is one of the six upper tier panels of the altarpiece. The Annunciation to the Shepherds in the background, painted in a brownish monochrome, represents one of the earliest attempts to show illumination in a night scene against the gold-leaf background of a panel painting.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/annunciation-rc2a486442f97d4>)
- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/coronation-of-the-virgin-r3c5ba9731b6feb>)
- [Female Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/female-saints-rc63edd8dc4867b>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/madonna-and-child-r43ce40d1da83d1>)
- [Madonna and Child with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/madonna-and-child-with-saints-r10e95b2e916439>)
- [Madonna dell&#39;Umiltà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/madonna-dellumilt-r374590278e53cd>)
- [Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/mystic-marriage-of-st-catherine-of-alexandria-r5c574269ab39fa>)
- [Noli me tangere \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/noli-me-tangere-detail-r739365cc2e5391>)
- [Noli me tangere \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/noli-me-tangere-detail-rc766bd77fff264>)
- [Noli me tangere](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/noli-me-tangere-rb2da2c0fc95208>)
- [Polyptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/polyptych-detail-r3207df311f320a>)
- [Polyptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-di-cione-rbd7cebedcc047b/polyptych-detail-r7eee1e07374533>)

## Attribution

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