The Nativity

Osvald Sirén published the present Nativity in 1908 in an article on Trecento paintings in US collections in The Burlington Magazine. Since that date, various art historians have studied the work from the viewpoint of its attribution, date and original location. The panel entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1979. Prior to that, between 1876 and 1977, it was on deposit with the Museum of F…