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4 unusual facts about Nativity of Jesus in art


Andrea Aleksi

Above them there are niches with sculptures of Christ and apostles (the principle work of Aleksi), amongst them are putties, circular windows encircled with fruit garland, and a relief of Nativity.

Antonio Rossellino

In 1470 he made the monument for the Duchess of Amalfi, Mary of Aragon, in the Church of Monte Oliveto, Naples; the relief of the Nativity over the altar in the same place is also probably his.

Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara

Behind the altar is a series of paintings, which include scenes of the Nativity and the Annunciation, all done by Mariano Villalta.

William Kurelek

He painted a series of 160 works on the Passion of Christ, and a series of 20 depicting the Nativity as if Christ had been born in various Canadian settings: an igloo, a trapper's cabin, a boxcar, a motel.


Jean-Baptiste Oudry

After producing mainly portraits, Oudry started to produce still life paintings of fruits or animals, as well as paintings of religious subjects, such as the Nativity, Saint Giles, and the Adoration of the Magi.

Peronet Lamy

In 1436 Lamy completed a Nativity scene for the frontispiece of a Gospel book commissioned by Pietro Donato; the rest of the illuminations in this work were done by Johannes de Monterchio.


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