Abstract

The article discusses the identification process of persons depicted in the 1512 painting De Geboorte van Christus, (The Birth of Christ) by Dutch painter Jacob Corneliszn, located at the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. The painting was intended for the Kartuizerklooster Sint Andries, a Carthusian monastery located close to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The painting was donated by Margriet Dirk Boelenznsdr. Persons were identified by a combination of archival research and the visual comparison of contemporaneous portraits.

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