Mystic Nativity (Natività Mistica) Sandro Botticelli 1 Mystic Nativity (Natività Mistica) Sandro Botticelli 1500 National Gallery, London Image comes from the internet. tempera on canvas 108.5 x 75 cm A Greek inscription appears at top: “This picture, at the end of the year 1500, in the troubles of Italy, I Alessandro, in the half–time after the time, painted, according to the eleventh [chapter] of Saint John, in the second woe of the Apocalypse, during the release of the devil for three–and–a–half years; then he shall be bound in the twelfth [chapter] and we shall see [him buried] as in this picture.” <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>Commentary is not yet available for this image.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconograpic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p/> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <author>Fredeman</author>, <xref doc="a.pr5246.a4.2002.rad" link="dead"> <title level="per"> <hi rend="i">Correspondence</hi> , 68.137. WMR, <hi rend="i">Family Letters</hi> , 196.