Burgundian Nativity in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2022

Title: Nativity

Artist: Circle of Antoine Le Moiturier (French, ca. 1425–ca. 1497)

Date: ca. 1450

Geography: Made in Burgundy, France

Culture: French

Medium: Limestone with later paint and gilding

Dimensions: Overall: 17 3/4 x 25 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (45.1 x 65.7 x 18.4 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Stone

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916

Accession Number: 16.32.158


The relief includes the unusual subject of Joseph warming the infant Jesus’ clothes at a fire. During the fifteenth century Joseph became increasingly significant and the subject of devotion.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/463755