The Nativity

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Artist: Giuseppe Passeri (Passari) (Italian, Rome 1654–1714 Rome)
Date: 1654–1714
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and red wash, highlighted with white, over red chalk
Dimensions: 7 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (18.9 × 14 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession no.: 80.3.215

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

The Judgment of Solomon
Giuseppe Passeri (Passari)
1654–1714 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020500
The Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael (recto); sketches of figures (verso)
Giuseppe Passeri (Passari)
1654–1714 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020501
The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child in Glory (recto); Rinaldo and Armida (verso)
Giuseppe Passeri (Passari)
1654–1714 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020502
The Ecstasy of the Blessed Giacinta Marescotti
Giuseppe Passeri (Passari)
1674–1714 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020503

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.