a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Mystical Nativity
Artist: Botticelli
 1500    Painting

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This Early Renaissance religious painting measures 75 x 109 cm and is housed in the National Gallery, London, UK.

Medium used by the artists = Canvas, tempera, oil.

The painting bears the signature of the artist that was discovered only after the death of British art collector, William Young Ottley.

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.