Lorenzo Lotto's Nativity places the Christ child in a wicker basket on a cloth at the center. Mary kneels at right with her hands clasped, and Joseph kneels at left in prayer. Cherubs hover above the thatched stable roof, while a crucifix stands at the left against a dark archway. The painting belongs to the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art; the caption gives Lotto's dates as c. 1480-1556.
White border around the image; handwritten blue-ink caption on the front below the picture identifying the painting; light crease and edge wear at top.
No postmark. Divided-back National Gallery of Art card, no address or message; printed series [399] and a small dealer mark "#59 / 1-" in the lower right corner. Front is a white-bordered halftone reproduction of Lotto's Nativity.
Cite this card
The Nativity by Lorenzo Lotto, Washington, DC, circa 1941, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-nativity-by-lorenzo-lotto-washington-dc-circa-1941. Accessed November 2, 2026.
