Perugino (c.1446-1523)
La Natività (The Nativity)
1500–1505
Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 26.2 × 46.3 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
The other four panels of the predella:
Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Il battesimo di Cristo
1500–1505
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Cristo e la donna di Samaria
1500–1505
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Perugino (c.1446-1523)
La resurrezione
1500–1505
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Noli Me Tangere
1500–1505
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
These five panels once constituted a predella—a series of small pictures forming the base of an altarpiece. In this case, the painting that was positioned above the predella as the focal point of the altarpiece is unidentified.