# Nativity in Nocturnal Light

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FERRARI, Defendente](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Mixed technique on panel, 37 x 27 cm

## Commentary

Defendente Ferrari is one of the most highly esteemed Piedmontese painter of the Renaissance. His style is that of a student and collaborator of Giovanni Martino Spanzotti \(active 1480-c. 1523\). The moment shown in the nocturnal Nativity scene is when Joseph returns breathless with a midwife to the hut, and sees that Jesus has already been born.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/adoration-of-the-magi-rd8ae3f9f052990>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/crucifixion-rd1f3f871a41585>)
- [Nursing Madonna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/nursing-madonna-re76cd2c1e8ca3d>)
- [Polyptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/polyptych-detail-r3defde7c50c018>)
- [Polyptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/polyptych-r7de7cb2705fb07>)
- [The Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/the-assumption-of-the-virgin-ra423366ab1e691>)
- [Triptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/triptych-detail-rd22dee4ad2d884>)
- [Triptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferrari-defendente-rfc7548840c19b6/triptych-r4e257e44fb5d33>)

## Attribution

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