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Pietra genetrix. According to legend, god Mithras issued from such a birth-stone. 3rd CE H: 47 cm Inv.383
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Pietra genetrix. According to legend, god Mithras issued from such a birth...

Birth of Aphrodite. Detail of the "Ludovisi Throne" (460-450 BCE). Cat. 189
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Birth of Aphrodite. Detail of the "Ludovisi Throne"...

Scene of a birth with midwife. Stone, relief
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Scene of a birth with midwife. Stone, relief

The Adoration of the Three Magi. Relief (3rd CE) on the lid of an early Christian sarcophagus from Mezzocamino, Via Ostiense, Rome.
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The Adoration of the Three Magi. Relief (3rd CE) on the lid of an early C...

Villa Pisani in Stra. The Venetian Pisani family built the palatial villa when Alvise Pisani became Doge. Later, it belonged to Napoleon I and his stepson Eugene de Beauharnais. In 1866 it was taken over by the Italian Royal family. Garden, pond and stables.
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Villa Pisani in Stra. The Venetian Pisani family built the palatial villa when...

Chartres Cathedral, the west- or royal portal. Right: Saint Mary, Christ's Coming. Around 1145
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Chartres Cathedral, the west- or royal portal. Right: Saint Mary, Christ's Comin...

The Nativity, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in champleve technique on gilded copper (begun 1181)
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The Nativity, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in chample...

The Adoration of the Magi, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in champleve technique on gilded copper (begun 1181).
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The Adoration of the Magi, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in champl...

Sacrifice of a cow, as an offering after the annunciation of the birth of the Virgin Mary. Detail from a column of the ciborium. Alabaster high-relief, probably Syriac
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Sacrifice of a cow, as an offering after the annunciation...

The Birth of Christ. Adoration of the animals, The infant Jesus in Swaddles.
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The Birth of Christ. Adoration of the animals, The infant Jesus in Swad...

Adam preparing food as Eve, in bed, nurses a child. Upper porch of the Sainte Chapelle, Paris Stone relief (mid 13th)
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Adam preparing food as Eve, in bed, nurses a child. Upper porch of the Saint...

Virgin Mary and Child. Adoration of the Magi. Marble antependium from the high altar of Cologne Cathedral
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Virgin Mary and Child. Adoration of the Magi. Marble antependium from...