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CHRISTMAS BIBLE-ART, Episode #15 of 33: IT'S A BOY! Part 2

Posted on 12/27/2025 6:28:04 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6



CHRISTMAS BIBLE-ART EPISODE #15 of 33






IT’S A BOY!



L U K E
CHAPTER 2

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.




31
GRIGORY GAGARIN
"Christmas"




32
ANDREY MIRONOV
"Now God Was Born"




33
VLADIMIR BOROVIKOVSKY
"Christmas"




34
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO PETRINI
"The Holy Family"




35
JOSEFA DE ÓBIDOS
"Nativity"




36
NICOLAS POUSSIN
"Nativity"




37
BARTOLOMEO MURILLO
"The Nativity"




38
GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI
"St Joseph with Christ Child"




39
GIOTTO
"Birth of Jesus"




40
FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO
"The Nativity"




41
SANDRO BOTTICELLI
"The Mystical Nativity"




42
GERARD DAVID
"Nativity"




43
HANS MEMLING
"Nativity"




44
PETRUS CHRISTUS
"Nativity"




45
GIAMBATTISTA PITTONI
"Nativity"




46
JAMES TISSOT
"The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ"




47
JOSE CAMPECHE
"La Natividad"




48
Master of Sigena
"The Nativity"




49
ELEANOR FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE
"The Nativity"




50
FEDERICO BAROCCI
"Nativity"




51
FRA BARTOLOMEO
"The Nativity"




52
TINTORETTO
"The Nativity"




53
MICHELANGELO ANSELMI
"Natività"




54
PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE
"La Nativité"




55
PIETRO BUGIANI
"Natività"




56
GEORGES DE LA TOUR
Source




57
BERNARDO DADDI
"Nativity of Jesus"




58
PAUL GAUGUIN
Source




59
ZANOBI STROZZI
"The Nativity"





→ a n d... f i n a l l y ←






60
RON CHAMBERS
"Mother and Child"




To be continued…




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TOPICS: Apologetics; General Discusssion; History; Theology
KEYWORDS: art; bible; christmas
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Episode #15 of 33

LINKS TO PREVIOUS EPISODES:
  #1—JESUS’ VERY INTERESTING GENEALOGY
  #2—GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR ZECHARIAH
  #3—GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR MARY, Part 1
  #4—GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR MARY, Part 2
  #5—GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR MARY, Part 3
  #6—MARY VISITS HER COUSIN ELIZABETH, Part 1
  #7—MARY VISITS HER COUSIN ELIZABETH, Part 2
  #8—MARY'S "MAGNIFICAT" PRAISES GOD
  #9—THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
#10—GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR JOSEPH
#11—JOSEPH AND MARY WED
#12—JOSEPH AND MARY TRAVEL TO BETHLEHEM
#13—NO ROOM AT THE INN
#14—IT'S A BOY! Part 1

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2 posted on 12/27/2025 6:29:26 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (“…all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48)
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Absolutely love these postings, thank you for sharing these great works.


3 posted on 12/27/2025 6:52:00 AM PST by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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To: Made In The USA

Glad you enjoy them.


4 posted on 12/27/2025 7:02:07 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (“…all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Thank you again. This time, I scanned across the paintings looking for accuracy in newborn infant depictions. There were some, but what bothered me were all the bare naked babies. They’d freeze! There was a reason Mary wrapped Him in swaddling clothes. 55, 56, 57 all show the swaddling clothes, and 57 had the blue and white of priestly garments.


5 posted on 12/27/2025 10:41:03 AM PST by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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Some of those artists were not also fathers.


6 posted on 12/27/2025 11:02:14 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (“…all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48)
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