# Birth of Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ALBERTINELLI, Mariotto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on wood, 23 x 50 cm

## Commentary

The predella of the altarpiece with the Visitation shows three stories from the life of Christ: the Annunciation, the Birth of Christ and the Circumcision. Despite the small size of the three compartments, Albertinelli succeeds in constructing austere, essential spaces which display a great formal balance. The small, full figures are firmly and vigorously placed in scenes which respect the most rigorous perspective laws of the Florentine Quattrocento.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Child with Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1/adoration-of-the-child-with-angel-rc28f9018e7acb3>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1/annunciation-r97828c97040429>)
- [Circumcision](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1/circumcision-r74c13f415aa522>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1/virgin-and-child-r0fc9119a8c5a6b>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1/virgin-and-child-re4dca80dda4f97>)
- [Visitation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1/visitation-r203cfdaa044e06>)
- [Visitation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/albertinelli-mariotto-r2b509dba9d42f1/visitation-r627ac7299683f0>)

## Attribution

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