A nativity scene

Nativity scene

Mary and baby Jesus

Mary with baby Jesus

Outdoor Nativity scene

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Group in marble by Andrea Sansovino (1467-1529) San Agostino at Rome - 1512. The sculptor`s original name was Andrea Contucci. He was born in the year the Turks first conquered Herzegovina, introducing Islam to the Balkans.

Mother and Child

Joseph and Mary traveling by donkey with the Star of Bethlehem and Jerusalem in the background

Painting of Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, Illustration

Architecture - Italy - line art (z3) Detail Renaissance Capital from the Certosa di Pavia (a Carthusian monastery in the Lombardy region near Milan), begun in 1473 by Ambrogio Borgognone in the year he began construction the Venetian forces routed the

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Birth of Christ and Annunciation to The Sheperds by Giovanni Pisano. Niccol~ Pisano c. 1260 (1220-1284). The artists helped his father Niccol~ creat a unique late Gothic style of sculpture in Italy at the dawn of the Renai

Artifacts - Relief - Italy Adoring Angels, from the Main Portal of the Certosa near Pavia c. 1480

Painting of Birth of Jesus Christ, Illustration

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Holland "Christ and Magdelen" An engraving by Lucas van Leyden (1489-1533) The artist was a superb engraver whose skill has been compared to that of the master Albrecht DYrer. He was undoubtedly the finest Dutch pr

Artifacts - Plate - Italy Enameled Terra-cotta by Luca della Robbia (1400-1482). The artist worked exclusively in marble and this is part of his most important work, begun in 1431. In that year Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France. Luca

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Piet^. Group in marble by Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564). Piet^ is a depiction of Mary holding the dead body of her son Jesus. Although there is no literary source for this scene it became a popular Renaissance groupin

Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus