Artist: Gerard David
Date: 1510
Size: 90 x 71 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
David depicts the birth of Christ in the manger as a scene running continuously across all three panels, although the donor figures are kept distinct from the sacred protagonists. Despite the joyful moment depicted, the figures all wear somber expressions, foreshadowing Christ’s eventual suffering and death. The two donors, who are presented by Saints Jerome and Leonard, have remained unidentified. They could have been called Anthony and Catherine, since they are painted with the attributes (such as the pig, sword, and spiked wheel) of saints with these names.
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