File:Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c 1490.jpg

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Geertgen tot Sint Jans: Nativity at Night  wikidata:Q6980131 reasonator:Q6980131
Artist
Geertgen tot Sint Jans  (circa 1460
date QS:P,+1460–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 1488
date QS:P,+1488–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)  wikidata:Q360888
 
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Alternative names
Geertgen tot St. Jans, Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerard van Haarlem,
Gerrit van Haarlem, Gérard de Saint-Jean
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa 1460
date QS:P,+1460-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 circa 1488
date QS:P,+1488-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death Leiden (?) Haarlem (?)
Work location
Low Countries; Haarlem (1484–1495) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q360888
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Nativity at Night Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Nativity at Night Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Nativity at Night Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lsl,"Rojstvo Jezusa"
label QS:Lja,"夜のキリスト降誕"
label QS:Lfr,"Nativité de nuit"
label QS:Lpl,"Boże Narodzenie"
label QS:Luk,"Нічне Різдво"
label QS:Laz,"Gecə vaxtı doğuş"
label QS:Lit,"Natività di Gesù"
label QS:Lnl,"Geboorte van Christus"
label QS:Lde,"Geburt Christi"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c 1490. At the National Gallery.
Depicted people
Date circa 1490
date QS:P571,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil and chiaroscuro on oak panel Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 34 cm (13.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 25.3 cm (9.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+34U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+25.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Accession number
NG4081 (National Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Haarlem Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer National Gallery
Permission
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Nativity at Night, by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490, after a composition by Hugo van der Goes of c. 1470. National Gallery, London

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