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Christmas

Christmas—the Feast of the Incarnation—is celebrated by Christians at the turning of every year. The exhibitions that follow explore the mystery of God-made-flesh, and how Jesus’s conception and birth weave together the worlds of animals, humans, and angels, Jew and Gentile, old and young, rich and poor.

Adoration of the Magi (Panel from the altarpiece of the chancel of Viseu Cathedral) by Vasco Fernandes
The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi by Edward Burne-Jones
The Adoration of the Magi by Unknown Neapolitan artist, follower of Giotto

Isaiah 60
And Kings Shall Come

The Magi offer gifts to the Madonna and Child by Unknown Byzantine artist
The Journey of the Magi. Detail from the east wall of the Chapel of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli
Adoration of the Magi by Cristóbal de Villalpando

Matthew 2:1–12
The Adoration of the Magi

The Triumph of the Innocents by William Holman Hunt
The Flight into Egypt by Vittore Carpaccio
Flight Into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Matthew 2:13–15
The Flight to Egypt

The Visitation by Unknown Cypriot Artist
The Visitation by Pontormo
The Visitation by El Greco

Luke 1:39–45
Quickening Creation

 The Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Shepherds: Upper Tier Panel of The San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece by Jacopo di Cione and workshop
Adoration of the Shepherds by Juan Bautista Maino
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Philippe de Champaigne

Luke 2:8–20
The Adoration of the Shepherds

Madonna Hodegetria (Madonna Hodigitria) by Enrico de Tedice
Enamelled cross of Paschal I (Reliquary of the True Cross) by Roman workshop
Presentation in the Temple by Bernardino Luini

Hebrews 10:1–18
A Willing Victim from His Birth

More Exhibitions

Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Annunciation by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi
The Annunciation by Filippo Lippi

Luke 1:26–38

The Annunciation

The Visitation by Unknown Cypriot Artist
The Visitation by Pontormo
The Visitation by El Greco

Luke 1:39–45

Quickening Creation

Tree of Jesse from an English Psalter in Latin by Unknown English Artist
Untitled (Rejoice!), from 'Inflammatory Essays' by Jenny Holzer
The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks

Isaiah 11:1–10

War and Peace

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