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[[File:L'adoration des bergers (La Tour).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Georges de La Tour]] c. 1644]]
[[File:Meister von Hohenfurth 002.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Master of Vyšší Brod]], a [[Bohemia]]n master, c. 1350. The influence of Italian Byzantine painting was strong in the court of [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]].]]

The [[Nativity of Jesus]] has been a major subject of [[Christian art]] since the 4th century.

(contracted; show full)r this the Virgin kneels to pray to her child, to be joined by Saint Joseph, and this (technically known as the "Adoration of Christ" or "of the Child") becomes one of the commonest depictions in the 15th century, largely replacing the reclining Virgin in the West. Versions of this depiction occur as early as 1300, well before Bridget's vision, and have a [[Franciscan]] origin.<ref>Schiller:76-8</ref>

[[File:Pierre Bladelin Triptych central panel WGA.jpg|thumb|left|250
px|This Nativity by [[Rogier van der Weyden]], part of the [[Bladelin Altarpiece]], follows Bridget's vision, with [[donor portrait]] and Romanesque ruins]]

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