# The Nativity, in The Italian Renaissance

Lorenzo Monaco painted this in about 1406–10, aged about 33. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1406–10
- Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
- Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (22.2 x 31.1 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.66
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Lorenzo Monaco](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/lorenzo-monaco), Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370–1425 Florence (?)

Lorenzo Monaco, “Lorenzo the Monk”, took vows at the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence, a centre of manuscript illumination.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Lorenzo Monaco](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/lorenzo-monaco?hang=750) (3 works)
- [More paintings of the 15th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/painting-15?hang=750) (73 works)
- [15th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15-italy?hang=750) (57 works)

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