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Filippino Lippi

The Virgin of the Nativity

probably ca. 1500
Tempera and gold on wood
32.4 × 24.8 cm (12.8 × 9.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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