Birth with the shepherds, In the foreground kneeling to the left of the naked Child, who is lying on a cloth in a manger with straw. Mary, who holds the cloth with both hands, diagonally beside her is an angel and on the right a shepherd. Behind them stand one, a shepherd and St. Joseph, separated from the third shepherd by the buttons of ox and donkey, the latter eating from a rack. Joseph holds a candle, the standing shepherds have a staff, a standing one, and the ruined shepherd possesses a weitas. The judge takes his beret off the head. The scene is closed off at the top by a cloud bank with two naked angels, each of them holding each other, holding a spell band together and flanked on both sides by a turned away cherub. The bottom runs in a slanted cartouche, on which the monogram HVH., Adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds, Mary and Joseph present, anonymous, Mechelen, c. 1600, alabaster (mineral), h 29 cm × w 25.5 cm
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Birth, shepherds, foreground kneeling, left, naked Child, lying, cloth, manger, straw, Mary, holds, hands, diagonally beside, angel, right, shepherd, stand, St. Joseph, separated, third shepherd, buttons, ox, donkey, latter eating, rack, Joseph holds, candle, standing shepherds, staff, standing, ruined shepherd possesses, weitas, judge takes, beret off, head, scene, closed off, top, cloud bank, two naked angels, holding, spell band together, flanked, sides, turned away cherub, bottom runs, slanted cartouche, monogram HVH, Adoration, Christ-child, Joseph present, Mechelen, c, 1600, alabaster, mineral
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