Die in starker Untersicht angelegte Szene ist in ein bürgerliches Ambiente eingebettet. Solche genrehaften Darstellungen waren in Kirchen eher selten. Die Skizze kam im Fresko des Chores der Benediktinerkirche Oberelchingen zur Ausführung.

Nativity of the Virgin, Ceiling Design. Oil on canvas. The scene with the very low viewpoint is set in bourgeois surroundings. Such genre-like depictions were rather uncommon in churches. The sketch was executed in the fresco of the choir of the Benedictine church of Oberelchingen.