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Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Museum tags: 
Medieval Gothic Art
Location: 
Not on view
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Collection: 
Medieval Gothic Art
Artist / Maker / Authority: 
Pedro García de Benabarre

Inside a room with a wood beamed ceiling, several damsels surround the mother of the Newborn baby, Saint Elizabeth, offering her food and drink. The new mother is lying on the bed, praying, accompanied by the Virgin Mary who, in the foreground, is holding Saint John the Baptist on her lap. Next to her a maid is heating some nappies over a lit brazier.Works of the set.Saint Michael Archangel, Pedro García de Benabarre, 1455-1480. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston).

Dating: 
c. 1473-1482
Dimensions: 
196.5 x 122 x 7 cm

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Acquisition: 

Purchase, 1907

Inventory number: 
024102-000