The Mystical Nativity was painted in 1500 in oil paint on canvas. It depicts a scene of joy and celebration, but there are also dark aspects of it as well. The helpless child rests on a sheet that represents the sheet he’ll be wrapped in when he is in his tomb(represented by the cave). The kings bring their devotion on the right. The angels above are dressed in the colors of faith, hope, and charity, holding olive branches. Above them, heaven opens up and at the bottom three angels raise three men from the ground and devils flee to the underworld. The painting is suggested to be influenced by Savonarola.
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