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品名（中）	基督降生记
品名（英）	The Nativity
入馆年号	1975年，1975.1.61
策展部门	罗伯特·雷曼典藏系列（Robert Lehman Collection）
创作者	Workshop of Botticelli【1444 至 1510】【意大利人】
创作年份	公元 1471 - 公元 1500
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	30 1/2 x 22 1/2 英寸 (77.5 x 57.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	圣母跪在圣婴面前跪下，她的蓝色披风由小天使形状的扣子固定，而她左肩上的金色星星暗示她的头衔是"Stella Maris"（海洋之星），唤起了她提供的指路明灯。在中间距离出现了圣天使城堡，这是一座陵墓，建于罗马台伯河畔，于公元 134 年至 139 年间为哈德良皇帝建造，在 5 世纪初被改建为军事堡垒，随后被用作教皇住所。建筑物顶部的圣迈克尔图像指的是教皇格雷戈里大帝的愿景，该愿景发生在600年左右，其中圣人的出现被理解为象征着瘟疫的结束。在圣天使桥的入口处是基督和怀疑的圣托马斯的浮雕。塔上描绘的教皇徽章类似于英诺森八世的徽章，这表明这幅画可以追溯到 1484 年至 1492 年间。天空是现代修复的，远处背景中的教堂很可能也是后来添加的。这件作品，以及波提切利工作室的其他一组类似主题的画作，都依赖于大师本人的画作。麦当娜和孩子的形象可能来自他手上的卡通（全尺寸图画）。面板的不规则切割表明，这最初是一个圆形组合物，后来被砍掉了。
介绍（英）	The Virgin kneels in adoration before the Christ Child, with her blue mantle fastened by a clasp in the form of a cherub, while the golden star on her left shoulder alludes to her title as ‘Stella Maris’ (Star of the Sea), evoking the guiding light she provides. In the middle distance appears the Castel Sant’Angelo, a mausoleum erected on the banks of the Tiber River in Rome for Emperor Hadrian between 134 and 139 A.D., which was converted to a military fortress in the early 5th century and subsequently used as a papal residence. The image of Saint Michael on top of the building refers to the vision of Pope Gregory the Great, which occurred around the year 600, in which the saint’s appearance was understood as symbolizing the end of the plague. At the entrance to the Ponte Sant’Angelo is a relief of Christ and the doubting St. Thomas. The papal crest depicted on the tower resembles that of Innocent VIII, suggesting that the picture may date to the period between 1484 and 1492. The sky is a modern restoration and it likely that the church in the distant background is also a later addition. This work, as well as a group of other paintings of similar subjects attributed to Botticelli’s workshop, depends on paintings by the master himself. The figure of the Madonna and Child may derive from cartoons (full-scale drawings) by his hand. The irregular cutting of the panel suggests that this was originally a circular composition which was subsequently cut down.