No. 17 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 1. Nativity: Birth of Christ (detail) by GIOTTO di Bondone

GIOTTO di Bondone

(b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze)

	No. 17 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 1. Nativity: Birth of Christ (detail) 1304-06 Fresco Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
The picture shows the angels above the simple shelter under which the Virgin and her Child seek refuge in the scene Nativity.