The Nativity

Robert Campin, Master of Flémalle (1420-25)

"And this will be a sign to you:
you will see a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.

(Luke 2.12)

The story: Luke 2.8-20.

Musée des Beaux-Art, Dijon.
Illustration: "Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Painting," by Janos Vegh. Ch 7. Corvina Press, 1977.
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