Nottingham alabaster
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Nottingham alabaster is a term used to refer to the English sculpture industry, mostly of relatively small religious carvings, which flourished from the fourteenth century until the early sixteenth ce
Resurrection of Christ, panel from an altarpiece set, 1450–90, with remains of the paint
Fifteenth-century altarpiece set, with contemporary frame and well-preserved paint
Nativity panel, ca 1400, using a composition previously found in French ivories. H. 37.5 cm (14 3⁄4 in.), W. 26 cm (10 in.), D. 4.5 cm (1 3⁄4 in.)
Monument to Edmund Brudenell, d. 1590. After the English Reformation tomb monuments were the mainstay of the industry.
Nativity of Jesus in art
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The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century.
Georges de La Tour c. 1644
Master of Vyšší Brod, a Bohemian master, c. 1350. Vyšší Brod (Hohenfurth) cycle. The influence of Italian Byzantine painting was strong in the court of Charles IV.
The stable is just outside the city walls, with the shepherds on the hill behind; Slovakia, c. 1490.
Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, the Magi presenting their gifts (mosaic detail), late 6th century, wearing Persian dress, and Phrygian cap