Scenes from the Nativity of Christ as portrayed by the Old Masters
This special exhibition of paintings from the Haggerty Museum of Art's collection explores themes relating to Christmas.
The Angel Showing Joseph the Way to Egypt by Simone CantariniHaggerty Museum of Art
Virgin and Child (ca. 1560) by Pieter ClaeissinsHaggerty Museum of Art
Set within an elegant medieval frame with Gothic tracery, Pieter Claeissins’ Holy Family is more than a simple glorification of Virgin and Child, despite the prominence of the pair. The presence of Joseph hewing wood in the background suggests that we are looking at a rendition of the Holy Family. The painting features young Virgin Mary, clad in a blue mantle and white headscarf, holding the infant Christ child in her lap. They are seated out-of-doors on a low wall, framed by sixteenth-century Flemish houses in the distance. Mary sweetly gazes down at her Child while gently holding his foot. The single window with stone tracery in the form of a Latin cross hints at Christ’s eventual crucifixion.
The Holy Family during the Journey into Egypt by Attributed to Miguel CabreraHaggerty Museum of Art
Adoration of the Shepherds (1540s - 1600s) by Attributed to Alessandro AlloriHaggerty Museum of Art
Adoration of the Shepherds (1620 or later) by After an engraving by Lucas Vorsterman, after Peter Paul Rubens and workshopHaggerty Museum of Art
The Nativity of Christ (Late 1400s to Early 1500s) by Jacopo del Sellaio, After; Bastiano Mainardi, AfterHaggerty Museum of Art
The Adoration of The Magi (1500s) by Veneto-Byzantine SchoolHaggerty Museum of Art
Madonna And Child (1600s) by After Carlo DolciHaggerty Museum of Art
Madonna And Child (1600s) by After Giovanni Battista Salvi (Sassoferrato)Haggerty Museum of Art
Adoration of the Magi (1625/1630) by Follower of Claude VignonHaggerty Museum of Art
