The Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds  1370

[br]This panel was the first in a series showing scenes from Christ’s life, the Resurrection and his ascension to heaven and was part of a four-tiered altarpiece made for the Florentine church of San Pier Maggiore. These panels sat above the main tier of images showing the heavenly coronation of the Virgin. The scene shows the Christ Child in a manger, borrowed from th...