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Description	The Nativity
Source	Original publication: Spain Immediate source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/el-greco/the-nativity#close
Date	1604
Author	El Greco (Life time: 1604)
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(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)

The Nativity 1603-05 Oil on canvas, diameter: 128 cm Hospital de la Caridad, Illescas

On 18 June 1603 El Greco signed a contract to make and decorate an altarpiece for a miraculous image of the Virgin of Charity belonging to the Hospital de la Caridad in the small town of Illescas halfway between Toledo and Madrid. According to the contract the main altarpiece and the decoration of the vault were to contain four canvases: The Madonna of Charity, The Coronation of the Virgin, The Annunciation and The Nativity. This project was executed in collaboration with the artist's son, Jorge Manual Theotokopoulos. Under a separate contract a further painting, St Ildefonso was made.

Although El Greco treated the subject of the nativity several times, this is his only version depicting the Holy Family without other human participants. In the shadows to the left, an ass contemplates the scene. In the foreground the foreshortened head of an ox, his horn echoing the curve of the circular format, looks up from below.

Presently the painting is in the vestry of the church. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 16 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/17_cent/corelli_christmas.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in g minor op. 6 No. 8 (Christmas Concerto)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Author: GRECO, El Title: The Nativity Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Spanish Form: painting

Type: religious