# Plate of Nativity \(Berlin Tondo\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASACCIO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on wood, diameter 56 cm ## Commentary This round plate with a Nativity on the front and a putto and small dog on the back dates from Masaccio's last period in Florence, before he went to Rome. It was defined by experts as the first Renaissance tondo, and they drew attention to the important innovations and the corect architectural perspective reflecting a greater knowledge and affirmation of the classicism of Brunelleschi. Here the Florentine idiom is evident in the colour sequences of the geometrical patterns on the walls of the building and in the court. This is in perfect harmony, and was to appear again inthe stories of Fra Angelico and the architecture of Michelozzo in San Marco. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/stradella\_sinfonia.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane]() - [Crucifixion of St Peter]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(left view\)]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(left view\)]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(right view\)]() - [Madonna and Child with St Anne]() - [Madonna with Child and Angels]() - [Medallion]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()