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Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

The Nativity

ca. 1665–70
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk
27.3 × 22.9 cm (10.7 × 9 in)

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

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