Crib of the Infant Jesus

Crib of the Infant Jesus, Belgium, 15th century. Crib of the Infant Jesus, Belgium, 15th century. Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 1974.121a–d.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York houses a fifteenth century wooden crib of the Infant Jesus that derives from what is now Belgium, and was used in the town of Louvain (Leuven). The pillow and coverlet inside the crib are decorated with silk embroidery with seed pearls, gold thread and translucent enamels. The crib measures 35.4 x 28.9 x 18.4 cm. The embroidery on the bedcover shows the family tree of Christ.

The crib reputedly derives from the Grand Béguinage (Groot Begijnhof) in Louvain (Leuven).

Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 14 September 2016).

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