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Lorenzo Monaco

The Nativity

ca. 1406–10
Tempera on wood, gold ground
22.2 × 31.1 cm (8.7 × 12.2 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 952

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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