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Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Taddeo Zuccaro

The Birth of Christ, who is held by the Virgin against a penumbra of light, adoring angels, and Joseph leading a donkey at left

1570–1615
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41.1 × 27.4 cm (16.2 × 10.8 in)

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