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The Nativity

Ludwig Krug · 1516

Ludwig Krug: Documented works 1516–1516 (not lifespan)

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The Nativity

1516

Engraving · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Medium
Engraving
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Sheet: 6 5/16 × 4 15/16 in. (16.1 × 12.6 cm)
Collection no.
62.635.395
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By the artist
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CC0 1.0License details

Ludwig Krug. The Nativity. Ludwig Krug; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Nativity — Ludwig Krug. 1516.

Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 4 15/16 in. (16.1 × 12.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Ludwig Krug. The Nativity. Ludwig Krug; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.