The Nativity, Lorenzo Lotto National Gallery of Art

Art Throughout the centuries, great painters have celebrated the miracle of Christ's birth in works of art. In recent years, many of those works of art have been made available on the World Wide Web. Here we have collected links to many paintings on Internet sites across the world which portray the events of the Christmas story. (Art images will open in a new window)

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The Annunciation By The Angel Gabriel to Mary

The Annunciation -- Raffaello Sanzio

The Nativity in Bethlehem

Altar cloth depicting the Nativity

Nativity (Holy Night) -- Correggio

Nativity. Annunciation to the shepherds -- Breviary of Martin of Aragon

Shepherd keeping his sheep -- Breviary of Martin of Aragon

Nativity -- Sano di Pietro

Nativity -- Raphael

Annunciation to the Shepherds -- Comerre

The Nativity -- Juan de Flandes

The Nativity -- Petrus Christus

The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel -- Duccio di Buoninsegna

The Nativity -- Albrecht Durer

The Nativity -- Lorenzo Lotto

 

The Holy Family -- Madonna And Child

 

Madonna of the Pomegranate -- Botticelli

 

Madonna of the Magnificat -- Botticelli

 

Holy Family -- Giuseppe Maria Crespi

 

Madonna & Child-- Bernardo Daddi

 

Madonna & Child -- Paolo de Matteis -- 1996 USPS Christmas Stamp

 

Madonna & Child -- Giotto -- 1995 USPS Christmas Stamp

 

The Adoration of the Magi

Adoration of the Magi-- Breviary of Martin of Aragon

 

Epiphany -- Raphael

 

Adoration of the Magi -- Raffaello Sanzio

 

Adoration of the Magi -- Raphael.

Adoration of the Magi -- Juan de Flandes

Adoration of the Magi -- Botticelli

Adoration of the Magi -- Fra Anegelico and Filippo Lippi

Adoration of the Magi -- Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia

Collections

The World's Great Madonnas

The Birth and Infancy of Christ, from 14th Century illuminated manuscripts

Christmas Murals -- by David Hetland

The National Gallery of Art -- search the gallery's collections for "nativity" or "magi"

 

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