# Apse: 3. Nativity of Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CAVALLINI, Pietro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993>)
- Date: 1251-1300
- Technique: Mosaic

## Commentary

The third scene of the Mary cycle, the Nativity of Christ, is in the apse. This scene is dominated by the cave that shelters the child in his crib and Mary seated beside him. This scene has precedents in Byzantine art following Byzantine iconography but rendering it in traditional Roman form showing a direct influence of the late antique art.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/annunciation-detail-r541e5c53b4076c>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/annunciation-detail-r5c975c85523773>)
- [Apse: 2. Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/apse-2-annunciation-r8fb8bf28594095>)
- [Apse: 4. Adoration of the Kings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/apse-4-adoration-of-the-kings-ra506e60fc10593>)
- [Apse: 5. Presentation in the Temple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/apse-5-presentation-in-the-temple-r39f1a9c72f217f>)
- [Apse: St Peter Recommending Bertoldo Stefanschi to the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/apse-st-peter-recommending-bertoldo-stefanschi-to-the-virgin-rafb6e12a0a71d6>)
- [Apsidal arch: 1. Nativity of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/apsidal-arch-1-nativity-of-the-virgin-r5ee5dc7c608927>)
- [Apsidal arch: 6. Dormition of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/apsidal-arch-6-dormition-of-the-virgin-r3fda6ff4e96936>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/crucifixion-r14142640b68033>)
- [Dormition of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/dormition-of-the-virgin-detail-re7216065b896fc>)
- [Esau Appears to Isaac \(fragment\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/esau-appears-to-isaac-fragment-rc6e0662298651b>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavallini-pietro-r483b7ce293c993/interior-view-r5660b95a9b16fe>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)