Naissance de Marie

Bernhard Strigel painted this Birth of the Virgin around 1500 for the Wolfegger Kabinett. Strigel's narrative scenes from the life of the Virgin served Swabian churches that celebrated the Marian feast days with elaborate altarpiece programs Bernhard Strigel served as court painter to Emperor Maximilian I, making him among the most sought-after portraitists in the Habsburg world during the early sixteenth century Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful l

The panel presents the birth scene in a domestic interior with Strigel's characteristic clear Swabian style, combining narrative detail with the bright coloring of the Memmingen workshop tradition.