Nativity: Quick Facts

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Painting The Nativity by Piero della Francesca shows Mary kneeling in prayer before the infant Jesus, surrounded by angels with instruments and onlookers, under a rustic shelter.

Fresco by Giotto depicting the Nativity: Mary and baby Jesus in a stable, Joseph seated nearby, angels above, and shepherds with sheep at right, in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.

Benedictional of St. Aethelwold

Sandro Botticelli: Mystic Nativity

Giotto: Adoration of the Magi

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