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

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 Birth of Christ, by an unknown artist

The Birth of Christ, by Ki-chang Kim

Nativity, by Paula Rego

Luke 2:7
Unto us a Child is Born

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

Joseph Sold into Slavery, Bad Blood, False Accusations and Portents of the Future, from The Crusader Bible (The Morgan Picture Bible) by Unknown French artist

Zulaykha Seizing the Skirt of Yusuf's Robe, from a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami by Unknown Bukharan artist

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife and Scenes from the life of Joseph, from the Golden Haggadah by Unknown artist

Genesis 39
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

Christ and the Samaritan Woman by Lavinia Fontana

Christ and the Samaritan Woman by Unknown artist

The Woman at the Well by Diego Rivera

John 4:1–42
The Woman at the Well

Jali Lattice Window by Mughal artists from Gujurat

Self Portrait in a Fur-Trimmed Robe by Albrecht Dürer

Still Life with Vessels by Francisco de Zurbarán

2 Corinthians 3:12–4:18
From Glory to Glory Advancing