1420 · Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon

The Nativity is the most famous work of the Master (Robert Campin). It is unusual in that it juxtaposes on a single panel three distinct episodes from the life of Christ: the Nativity proper, the legend of the midwives, and the adoration of the shepherds. The child and his parents are shown on the threshold of a rather ramshackle wooden stable.Show more