# Nativity

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LIPPI, Fra Filippo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows one of the scenes from the fresco cycle Life of the Virgin painted by Filippo Lippi in the apse of the Spoleto Cathedral. &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

- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/adoration-of-the-child-r67dfa2c97c2498>)
- [Adoration of the Child with Saints \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/adoration-of-the-child-with-saints-detail-rf11139ea612716>)
- [Adoration of the Child with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/adoration-of-the-child-with-saints-r30af976151d9e8>)
- [Adoration of the Child with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/adoration-of-the-child-with-saints-r8faa8eb4c8741f>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r755ca88c0ef88b>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r9e8f7feecb76e3>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/adoration-of-the-magi-r93c021113ff0dd>)
- [Announcement of the Death of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/announcement-of-the-death-of-the-virgin-r128afa2eb2694b>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/annunciation-detail-r18e049486aad54>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/annunciation-detail-r2925e53a7962df>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/annunciation-detail-r3949d192b5293a>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lippi-fra-filippo-rd3d559715ee847/annunciation-detail-r41dd4bfc5004dd>)

## Attribution

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