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Prayer Nut with the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi, attributed to the workshop of Adam Dircksz
Netherlandish, c. 1500-1530
boxwood, silver, and gold
Rijksmuseum
Source: hdl.handle.net
The Nativity by Francesco Vanni
Italian, c. 1600
red wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache and squared in black chalk
J. Paul Getty Museum
Source: getty.edu
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A Christmas Carol (1867). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828-1882). Oil on panel.
Rossetti dressed model Ellen Smith in the same gown that she wore in The Beloved and with a similar emerald necklace at her throat. Unlike his depiction of amorous sirens or courtesan minstrels that he painted in other pictures of female musicians, he here depicted Ellen as singing a holy song in celebration of Christ’s birth, her head upturned to Heaven and her face almost touching the silver icon of the Holy family.