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Geertgen tot Sint Jans: Nativity at Night   
Artist
Geertgen tot Sint Jans  (circa 1460
date QS:P,+1460–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 1488
date QS:P,+1488–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)  
 
Alternative names
Geertgen tot St. Jans, Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerard van Haarlem,
Gerrit van Haarlem, Gérard de Saint-Jean
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa 1460
date QS:P,+1460-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 circa 1488
date QS:P,+1488-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death Leiden (?) Haarlem (?)
Work location
Haarlem (1484–1495); Low Countries 
Authority file
  • : Q360888
  • VIAF: 102412797
  • ISNI: 0000000080090341
  • ULAN: 500115478
  • LCCN: nr91018036
  • MusicBrainz: 0855509f-fc6c-4c70-90af-258baf123a67
  • WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q360888
Title
The Nativity at Night 
title QS:P1476,en:"The Nativity at Night "
label QS:Len,"The Nativity at Night "
label QS:Lsl,"Rojstvo Jezusa"
label QS:Lja,"夜のキリスト降誕"
label QS:Lfr,"Nativité de nuit"
label QS:Lpl,"Boże Narodzenie"
label QS:Luk,"Нічне Різдво"
label QS:Laz,"Gecə vaxtı doğuş"
label QS:Lit,"Natività di Gesù"
label QS:Lnl,"Geboorte van Christus"
label QS:Lde,"Geburt Christi"
Object type painting 
Genre religious art 
Description
English: Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c 1490. At the National Gallery.
Depicted people
  • Virgin Mary 
  • Christ Child
  • Joseph
Date circa 1490
date QS:P571,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil and chiaroscuro on oak panel  
Dimensions height: 34 cm (13.3 in) ; width: 25.3 cm (9.9 in) 
dimensions QS:P2048,+34U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+25.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Accession number
NG4081 (National Gallery) 
Place of creation Haarlem 
References
  • Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Jerome Bosch, 1 
  • Early Netherlandish paintings, Vol. V Geertgen tot Sint Jans en Jerome Bosch, 1
  • http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-the-nativity-at-night 
  • https://www.wga.hu/html/g/geertgen/nativity.html
  • RKDimages ID: 49151 
  • Friedländer ID: 862 
  • Art UK artwork ID: the-nativity-at-night-115775 
Source/Photographer National Gallery
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Remastered color

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Nativity at Night, by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490, after a composition by Hugo van der Goes of c. 1470. National Gallery, London

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    • خيرتخين توت سنت ياس
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    • خيرتخين توت سنت ياس
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    • Gecə vaxtı doğuş
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    • Ježíšovo narození
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    • Κατάλογος εκθεμάτων της Εθνικής Πινακοθήκης του Λονδίνου
    • Φάτνη
  • Usage on es.wikipedia.org
    • Natividad de Jesús
    • Usuario:Ángel Luis Alfaro/Taller
    • Gótico flamenco
    • Nocturno (pintura)
    • Luz en la pintura
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    • Nativité de nuit
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    • Հիսուսը քրիստոնեությունում
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    • Pandangan Kristen tentang Yesus
    • Palungan
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    • Natività di Gesù (Geertgen tot Sint Jans)
    • Natività di Gesù nell'arte
  • Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
    • 夜のキリスト降誕
    • 飼い葉桶
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    • Meia-noite dada
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    • Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Creator/Geertgen tot Sint Jans
    • Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Main subject/Nativity of Jesus
    • Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Main subject/Annunciation to the shepherds
    • Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Catalog/Early Netherlandish painting Vol. V
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