Right wing of a diptych, with the Nativity and other scenes Right wing of a diptych with the Nativity, the Mission in the temple and the Coronation of Mary, The wing is horizontally divided into two registers, each resting on columns with a three-part Gothic armature on either side. The upper register gives Mary lying on her spine with one hand under her head and the other on the child lying in front of her in a manger, which is placed between the donkey, of which only the head can be seen, and the lying ox. Joseph sits at the foot of the bed, resting both hands on a stick. Behind Maria on a
Right wing of a diptych, with the Nativity and other scenes Right wing of a diptych with the Nativity, the Mission in the temple and the Coronation of Mary, The wing is horizontally divided into two registers, each resting on columns with a three-part Gothic armature on either side. The upper register gives Mary lying on her spine with one hand under her head and the other on the child lying in front of her in a manger, which is placed between the donkey, of which only the head can be seen, and the lying ox. Joseph sits at the foot of the bed, resting both hands on a stick. Behind Maria on a hill a shepherd in profile to the right, between two sheep and on each side the half figure of an angel with a finger pointing at the spellbelt, which he holds with one hand. In the lower register on the left is the child on an altar between Maria and Simeon, to the right of this group Mary sitting in a praying position on a couch, to the left of Christ, putting the crown on her head with the right hand and resting a book on his knee with the left, Mary reclining in bed or on a couch, looking at the Christ-child, annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and / or shepherdesses) at night, a host of singing angels in the air, presentation of the Christ-child in the temple, usually Simeon (and Anna) present (Luke 2: 22-39), coronation of Mary by Christ, anonymous, Paris, c. 1350 - c. 1400, ivory, cutting, h cm × w cm × d cm
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