Angelic Choir of the Nativity by UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Greek

UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Greek

(mid-16th century)

	Angelic Choir of the Nativity mid-16th century Tempera on canvas over wood, 14,5 x 13,5 cm Musei Vaticani, Vatican
This small panel represents a group of angels set sharply against the deep ultramarine ground of a nocturnal sky that is hatched diagonally with golden rays and studded with golden stars. It is the fragment of a much larger icon of the Nativity.