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The
Nativity at Night
is a painting by Early Netherlandish artist
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
, dating to around 1490. It is a
panel painting
in
oil
on
oak
. The painting shows the
Nativity of Jesus
, attended by angels, and with the
Annunciation to the shepherds
on the hillside behind seen through the window in the centre of the painting. It is a small painting presumably made for private devotional use, and Geertgen's version, with significant changes, of a lost work by
Hugo van der Goes
of about 1470. The
Nativity at Night
hangs in the
National Gallery, London
.
Painting:
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
.
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