Master
of the Life of the Virgin, The Birth
of Mary
1470
Wood,
85 x 109 cm. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Central panel of the altarpiece executed for the Church of St. Ursula,
Cologne
This image retains
the
midwives and reclining mother of ancient images of Jesus'
nativity, differentiating itself from the latter by the sumptuousness
of St. Anne's bed and chamber.
