基督降生记 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	基督降生记
品名（英）	The Nativity
入馆年号	1949年，49.109
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者	Rogier van der Weyden【1399 至 1464】【荷兰人】
创作年份	公元 1440 - 公元 1460
创作地区	制造于: 比利时, 布鲁塞尔（Made in: Belgium, Brussels）
分类	绘画面板（Paintings-Panels）
尺寸	as displayed: 59 3/4 英寸 × 9 ft. × 17 1/2 英寸, 86 磅 (151.8 × 274.3 × 44.5 厘米, 39 kg) wings closed: 59 3/4 × 80 7/8 × 4 1/4 英寸, 86 磅 (151.8 × 205.4 × 10.8 厘米, 39 kg)
介绍（中）	这幅祭坛画的中央面板代表耶稣诞生，左侧是蒂伯廷·西比尔向奥古斯都皇帝的天使报喜，右侧是向贤士报喜，背景是贤士在维多利亚山沐浴的进一步场景。翅膀描绘了贤士的探访和崇拜，从上面看着天使包围，是父神。基督降临到奥古斯都和三王面前的消息被认为是在基督诞生的那一刻发生的事件。这种对西方和东方统治者的双重宣告表明了道成肉身和基督对所有尘世领域的至高无上地位的普遍意义。中间面板通常遵循现在在柏林的三联画的构图，该三联画致力于相同的主题，由罗吉尔·范德魏登于 1445 年左右为勃艮第公爵的财务主管皮埃尔·布莱德林绘制。其中两个小外翼被拆除，现在由私人收藏。观看有关此祭坛画的视频。
介绍（英）	The central panel of this altarpiece represents the Nativity, flanked on the left by the annunciation of the Tiburtine Sibyl to the emperor Augustus, and on the right by the Annunciation to the Magi with a further scene in the background of the Magi bathing at Mount Victorial. The wings depict the Visitation and the Adoration of the Magi, looking on from above surrounded by angels, is God the Father. The announcement of Christ's coming to Augustus and to the Three Kings were events thought to have occurred at the moment of Christ's birth. This dual annunciation to the rulers of the West and East demonstrates the universal significance of the Incarnation and the Supremacy of Christ over all earthly realms. The center panel generally follows the composition of a triptych now in Berlin devoted to the same subjects and painted about 1445 by Rogier van der Weyden for Pierre Bladelin, treasurer to the Burgundian dukes. Two of the small outer wings were removed and are now in private collection. Watch a video about this altarpiece.