DADDI, Bernardo
(b. ca. 1280, Firenze, d. 1348, Firenze)

Polyptych of San Pancrazio: Predella panel

before 1338
Tempera on wood, 31 x 17 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This panel illustrates the Nativity and the Adoration of the Shepherds. Musical jubilation is everywhere: the angels play fanfares on trumpets and pluck sweet melodies on stringed instruments, while a joyous rustic tootles his humble bagpipe. The ass and ox look on as the Virgin tenderly swaddles the Christ Child.