It is a common practice of the age to include more than one concurrently or consecutively happening scenes on the same picture. This is true for the Nativity scenes as well, where in a side-scene we can see the startled shepherds on their knees, listening to the heavenly speaker, while a little further away they are worshipping the child. A good example of this composing method is Gerard David's Nativity (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest). .