"An infant, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger" (Luke 2:12). (Luke 2:12), with Mary, Joseph, shepherds and animals by His side... The greatest painters have poured their vision of the birth of the Son of God in a crib onto canvas. Below is a subjective selection:
Charles Le Brun
Federico Barocci
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Gerard van Honthorst
Herman Han
Michael Leopold Willmann
Jacob Van Oost
Jacopo Tintoretto
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre
Paul Gauguin
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Rubens
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn