The Nativity  1500

The Virgin kneels in adoration before the Christ Child, with her blue mantle fastened by a clasp in the form of a cherub, while the golden star on her left shoulder alludes to her title as ‘Stella Maris’ (Star of the Sea), evoking the guiding light she provides. In the middle distance appears the Castel Sant’Angelo, a mausoleum erected on the banks of the Tiber River in Ro...