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The Nativity of Christ
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About this work
Stephan Kemperdick (Material Image File) identified a panel of the same format depicting the Tiburtine Sibyl before Emperor Augustus as belonging (formerly Bremen, Roselius-Haus, missing since 1945; see Rainer Stamm [ed.]: Die Gemäldesammlung des Museums im Roselius-Haus, Bremen 2003, p. 149, no. 1): style and especially the characteristic punchwork with incisions and dots side by side match. A diptych or a larger typological cycle is conceivable, as the sibyl scene represents...
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDie Geburt Christi. um 1420. Süddeutscher Meister, 15. Jh.. Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung der Prof. J.J. Bachofen-Burckhardt-Stiftung. Public domain.
