La nativité

Albani, Francesco (1578-1660)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1600-1625
Height:
42.0 cm  (16 9/16 in.)
Width:
30.0 cm  (11 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Musée du Louvre
    [Museum inv. no.: INV 193 ; MR 111]

Description

An angel plays a lute at the nativity scene.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
St. Joseph (born late 1st century BCE, died 1st century CE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images


Musée du Louvre

Image URLs

image link 2
Musée du Louvre

Bibliographic references

Lallement, Nicole. "Inventaire des tableaux à sujets musicaux du musée du Louvre. VI: suite et fin", Musique, images, instruments: Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 8 (2006) 195, no. 19.

RIdIM record id

2663