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 Bible Art

The Nativity
Artist: Caravaggio
 1609    Painting

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The Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence is a painting of the nativity of Jesus from 1609 by Italian painter Caravaggio. It has been missing since 1969 when it was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. Investigators believe the painting changed hands among the Sicilian Mafia in the decades following the robbery and may still be hidden. A replica was commissioned in 2015 and now hangs in the altar. 

It was believed to have been painted in Sicily, one year before Caravaggio died.  It depicts the nativity of Jesus, with saints Francis of Assisi and Lawrence, among other figures, surrounding Mary and the newborn Jesus. The painting is about 2.7 metres high and two metres wide.

The Nativity
Artist: Giotto
 1305-06    Painting

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This fresco by Giotto, depicting the birth of Jesus, is housed in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy.  It is part of one of his finest and most important fresco cycles dedicated to the life of the Virgin Mary.