The Adoration of the Christ Child

The Adoration of the Christ Child (c. 1515) is a Oil on panel by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen. In this joyous imagining of Jesus’s birth, choirs of angels—each with a different musical attribute—fill the stable with celebratory music. The artist elaborated the setting with luxurious red porphyry and green marble architectural features adorned with floral designs called grotteschi . These organic yet fantastical decorative motifs were inspired by the recent excavation of the Domus Aureus, Emperor Nero’s grand, first-century palace in Rome. Here, these details are likely meant to evoke the tradition that. Giclee printed to order on enhanced matte art paper.