The Nativity in Art (Andrea Sabatini / Rogier van der Weyden / Lorenzo Lotto / Geertgen tot Sint Jans)

“Christian iconography expresses in images the same Gospel message that Scripture communicates by words. Image and word illuminate each other.” (CCC 1160)

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The Nativity - Andrea Sabbatini 

The Nativity (part of the Bladelin Altarpiece) - Rogier van der Weyden

The Nativity - Lorenzo Lotto 

Nativity by Night - Geertgen tot Sint Jans 

Luke 2: 6 - 7 

While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son.  She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. 

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Picture Source - Public Domain

The Role of Religious Art in Faith Formation - Month of December 2019 Index

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