Duccio di Buoninsegna (artist) Italian, c. 1255 - 1318 The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, 1308/1311 tempera on single panel overall size: 43.8 x 77.5 cm (17 1/4 x 30 1/2 in.) middle section: 43.8 x 44.4 cm (17 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.) left section: 43.8 x 16.5 cm (17 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.) right section: 43.8 x 16.5 cm (17 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.8

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left section, center left on scroll: ECCE VIRGO CONCIPIET & PARIET FILIU & VOCABITUR NOMEN EIUS EMANUEL (Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Immanuel) from Isaiah 7:14; middle section, center right on scroll: Anuncio uobis gaudiu magnum... (Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy) from Luke 2:10; right section, center right on scroll: VIDI PORTA I DOMO DOM CLAUSA VIR NO TRSIBIT P[ER] EA DOMIN SOLUS ITRAT ET IT P[ER] EA[M] (I saw a door in the house of the Lord which was closed and no man went through it. The Lord only enters and goes through it), a vari

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