# Angelic Choir of the Nativity

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Greek](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Tempera on canvas over wood, 14,5 x 13,5 cm

## Commentary

This small panel represents a group of angels set sharply against the deep ultramarine ground of a nocturnal sky that is hatched diagonally with golden rays and studded with golden stars. It is the fragment of a much larger icon of the Nativity.

## Related artworks

- [Christ Pantocrator](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/christ-pantocrator-r4930f3802e7e3e>)
- [Intercession of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/intercession-of-the-virgin-r820972f9eab391>)
- [Mary with the Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/mary-with-the-christ-child-r263fd12a5609a3>)
- [St Gregory Thaumaturge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/st-gregory-thaumaturge-r62d18040252abd>)
- [St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/st-john-the-baptist-r9bf0149fc00381>)
- [Sts Stephen and Christopher](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/sts-stephen-and-christopher-r382f319ca79b10>)
- [The Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/the-crucifixion-rf801b369a9a71e>)
- [The Holy Warriors George, Theodore, and Demetrius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/the-holy-warriors-george-theodore-and-demetrius-r2481a47256d83b>)
- [Transfiguration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/transfiguration-rc8396a2215f658>)
- [Virgin and Child with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/virgin-and-child-with-the-archangels-michael-and-gabriel-r58289c8e1f9e72>)
- [Virgin and Child with Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/virgin-and-child-with-two-angels-r414f2a8f7fec75>)

## Attribution

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