Petrus Christus
The nativity
c. 1445130 x 97 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting, Washington; New York, 1986, pp. 41-55
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 107
Provenance
Señora O. Yturbe, Madrid
with Franz M. Zatzenstein, Berlin and later London, sold 1930 to Duveen
with Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York
purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA
Other works by Petrus Christus
The Last Judgment
Portrait of a young woman
Portrait of a Man
The wife of a donor
c. 1455
c. 1455
A donor
c. 1455
c. 1455