M0013513: Bronze relief depicting the virgin birth

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Photograph of a bronze relief by Andrea Pisano depicting the virgin birth shwoing the child about to be bathed with water being tested by hand. The original relief is on the bronze door of the Baptistry at Florence. This reproduction was made from Muellerheim, Robert: <i>Die Wochenstube in der Kunst : eine kulturhistorische Studie</i>, Stuttgart : Verlag von Ferdinand Enke, 1904. Related images: M0013495, M0013496, M0013497, M0013498, M0013499, M0013500, M0013501, M0013502, M0013507, M0013508, M0013509, M0013510, M0013511, M0013512, M0013493, M0013514, M0013515, M0013516, M0013518, M0013519, M0013520, M0013521

M0013513: Bronze relief depicting the virgin birth

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