圣母诞生日 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圣母诞生日
品名（英）	Nativity of the Virgin
入馆年号	1956年，56.211
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1477 - 公元 1483
创作地区	制造于: 德国, 下弗朗索尼亚（Made in: Germany, Lower Franconia）
分类	雕塑木（Sculpture-Wood）
尺寸	14 1/4 × 54 × 17 英寸, 58 磅 (36.2 × 137.2 × 43.2 厘米, 26.3 kg)
介绍（中）	很可能，这座描绘圣安妮与襁褓中的圣母玛利亚躺在产床上的不同寻常的雕塑来自埃伯恩教区教堂中献给圣安妮的晚期哥特式祭坛画的下部（predella）。1703年祭坛画被替换后，这幅作品被保留了下来。床的腿、床头板和尾板随后被切掉，大概是为了将雕塑放在一个不同的框架中，还有两个天使跪在襁褓中的孩子面前，可能在她的头上戴着一顶王冠。（右天使翅膀的残余很明显。）前边缘可见的蜡烛燃烧痕迹表明，这座雕塑是一个虔诚的图像。大部分原始绘画以及模拟圣安妮衣钵上织锦图案的贴花都被保留了下来。这种织锦贴花由覆盖锡的石膏制成，然后用金箔、油漆和釉料装饰，在十五世纪末广泛使用，尤其是在德国。
介绍（英）	In all probability, this unusual sculpture depicting Saint Anne lying on the birthing bed with the swaddled Virgin Mary came from the lower section (predella) of the late Gothic altarpiece dedicated to Saint Anne in the parish church at Ebern. After the altarpiece was replaced in 1703, this work was retained. The bed’s legs, headboard, and tailboard were subsequently cut away, presumably to fit the sculpture into a different framework, as were two angels who knelt before the swaddled child, probably holding a crown over her head. (Remnants of the right angel’s wing are apparent.) Burn marks from candles visible along the front edge indicate that the sculpture served as a devotional image. Much of the original paint as well as appliqués simulating a brocade pattern on the mantle of Saint Anne are preserved. Made of gesso overlaid with tin, then decorated with gold leaf, paint, and glazes, such brocade appliqués were in wide use in the late fifteenth century, particularly in Germany.