The Mystical Nativity

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Renaissance painting painting religious painting

The Mystical Nativity is a late 15th-century religious painting by Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, notable for its visionary, apocalyptic imagery and highly symbolic interpretation of the Nativity scene.

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Label Occurrences
The Mystical Nativity canonical 2
Mystical Nativity 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artist Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
collection National Gallery ⓘ
surface form: National Gallery, London
completionDate circa 1500–1501 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
depicts Adoration of the Christ Child ⓘ
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of Jesus

Saint Joseph ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
angels ⓘ
apocalyptic imagery ⓘ
demons fleeing into the underworld ⓘ
embracing figures symbolizing reconciliation ⓘ
shepherds ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
hasInscription Greek inscription referring to the Book of Revelation ⓘ
hasPart golden domed shelter over the Holy Family ⓘ
olive trees in the background ⓘ
open cave or stable setting ⓘ
ring of dancing angels above the scene ⓘ
hasSymbolism eschatological themes ⓘ
heavenly and earthly realms united ⓘ
visionary interpretation of the Nativity ⓘ
height 108.6 cm ⓘ
inception circa 1500 ⓘ
influencedBy Book of Revelation ⓘ
Savonarolan religious climate in Florence ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Greek ⓘ
location National Gallery ⓘ
surface form: National Gallery, London
mainSubject birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Renaissance Italy ⓘ
surface form: Italian Renaissance
museum National Gallery ⓘ
notableFor highly symbolic interpretation of the Nativity scene ⓘ
only signed and dated work by Botticelli ⓘ
visionary, apocalyptic imagery ⓘ
orientation portrait ⓘ
period early 16th century ⓘ
late 15th century ⓘ
signature Sandro Botticelli’s name in Greek inscription ⓘ
style late Botticelli style ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
width 75.2 cm ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sandro Botticelli → notableWork → The Mystical Nativity ⓘ
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi → notableWork → The Mystical Nativity ⓘ
subject surface form: Sandro Botticelli
Denis → notableWork → The Mystical Nativity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mystical Nativity