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Crib of the Infant Jesus by an unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Crib of the Infant Jesus

Unattributed · 15th century

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Date

15th century

Medium

Wood, polychromy, lead, gilded silver, painted parchment, silk embroidery with seed pearls, gold thread, translucent enamels

Dimensions

13 15/16 x 11 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (35.4 x 28.9 x 18.4 cm) Other (pillow): 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (10.8 x 17.1 x 4.4 cm) Bedcover: 6 7/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/8 in. (17.4 × 16.5 × 0.3 cm) Other (Cavity under thre crib): 2 1/16 × 1 1/8 × 1/4 in. (5.2 × 2.8 × 0.7 cm)

Classification

tablets and plaques

Department

Medieval Art

Culture / origin

South Netherlandish

Credit line

Gift of Ruth Blumka, in memory of Leopold Blumka, 1974

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