# Nativity with Sts Lawrence and Andrew

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ANTONIAZZO ROMANO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera on panel, 142 x 176 cm

## Commentary

Formerly listed in the Barberini inventories as a work of Ghirlandaio, this painting has had various attributions attached to it. It was once given to an anonymous master influenced by Melozzo da Forli, who took his name &#34;The Master of the Barberini Nativity&#34; from this picture. However, the painting is identifiable with Antoniazzo Romano on account of its closeness to the same artist&#39;s Nativity at Cività Castellana, and datable to the years between 1480 and 1485. This painting stands as a fundamental work for the understanding of Roman painting of the second half of the fifteenth century. The iconography, with the infant Christ lying in a bundle of grain - a reference to Eucharistic symbolism - also includes the anemone and cyclamen in the foreground, both flowers that symbolize the passion of Christ. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 16 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/17\_cent/corelli\_christmas.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in g minor op. 6 No. 8 \(Christmas Concerto\)&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/annunciation-detail-re90d2f66c411c4>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/annunciation-re95710d3375b72>)
- [Madonna Adoring the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/madonna-adoring-the-child-r4c81c4d77b9161>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/madonna-and-child-rff578de988392a>)
- [Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/madonna-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r43e7587d2aaa14>)
- [Madonna Enthroned with the Infant Christ and Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/madonna-enthroned-with-the-infant-christ-and-saints-r8f797cd6430dbc>)
- [Profile Portrait of Cardinal Philippe de Lévis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/profile-portrait-of-cardinal-philippe-de-lvis-r6576b34f410203>)
- [The Navicella](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/antoniazzo-romano-rae2dff1e54d6ce/the-navicella-radc7f9d3d1f807>)

## Attribution

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