State Museum fine arts named after A.S. Pushkin implemented another significant project. An exhibition was placed in the halls of the Moscow Museum, dedicated to creativity outstanding artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio. The exhibition is part of the Year of Italy in Russia.
The exposition includes 11 works by the master from the collections of Italy and the Vatican. The exhibition is small, but rare in its content. Among the works presented are such masterpieces European painting like the "Boy with a Basket of Fruit" from the Borghese Gallery, which almost never leaves the walls Vatican Palace"The Entombment", "The Supper at Emmaus" from Milan's Brera Gallery, "The Conversion of Saul" from the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo and other canvases.
The selection dedicated to Christmas includes the following pictures:
4. Giorgione. Adoration of the Magi.
5. Rogier van der Weyden. Adoration of the Magi.
6. Rembrandt, Harmens van Rijn. Escape to Egypt.
7. Hugo van der Goes. Christmas.
10. Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov. Nativity.
12. Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin. Christmas.
Giorgio Vasari (1511- 1574) – italian painter, architect and writer.
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky(1757-1825) - Russian artist, portrait master.
Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, better known as Giorgione (1476/1477 – 1510)) - italian artist, representative Venetian school painting; one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance.
Rogier van der Weyden(1399/1400 - 1464) - van Eyck's rival for the title of the most influential master of early Netherlandish painting.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (16-6-1669) - Dutch artist, draftsman and engraver, Great master chiaroscuro, the largest representative of the golden age of Dutch painting.
Hugo van der Goes(about 1420-25 - 1482) - Flemish painter. Albrecht Dürer considered him the largest representative early Netherlandish painting along with Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.
Sandro Botticelli(1445-1510) - the nickname of the Florentine artist Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, who brought the art of the Quattrocento to the threshold of the High Renaissance.
Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio(1573-1610), Italian artist, reformer of European painting of the 17th century, one of the greatest masters of the Baroque. One of the first to use the style of writing "chiaroscuro" - a sharp opposition of light and shadow.
Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov(1862-1942) - Russian and Soviet painter. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1942). Laureate Stalin Prize first degree (1941).
Shebuev, Vasily Kozmich- (* April 2 (13), 1777 in Kronstadt - † June 16 (28), 1855, St. Petersburg) - Russian painter, actual state councilor, academician, honored rector of painting and sculpture Imperial Academy Arts (1832), one of the leading masters of late classicism and academicism.
Eugene HenriPaul Gauguin (1848-1903) – french painter, ceramic sculptor and graphic artist. Along with Cezanne and Van Gogh, he was the largest representative of post-impressionism.
Andrei Rublev.
"Nativity".
1405.
Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
Since ancient times, the celebration of Christmas in Rus' began on the night of December 25th. On the eve of the holiday, when the early winter sunset burned out in the frosty air and the pink light on the snows became colder and colder and somehow completely imperceptibly turned blue, people left the houses, leaving pre-holiday preparations and looked at the darkening sky, waiting for the first, Christmas star. . On this day, nothing was supposed to be eaten before the star, and in the evening the food was not very satisfying, but special and long-awaited - bread grains steamed in water with dried berries. It was called sochivom, and the whole day of the pre-festivity - Christmas Eve.
The night of Christmas was coming, time was receding, and in the celebration of its overcoming in snow-covered Rus', every person, old and young, was preparing to become a participant in the meeting on earth of a baby being born. That evening, the first Christmas carols began to sing along the rural and city streets. Their singing in ancient times was widespread throughout Rus'. From the 17th century, the first recordings of North Russian carols have come down, but the chants themselves date back to ancient times. Carols sing of the past as if it is happening today, on this night, and the singers themselves are witnesses and participants in the events. Russian children under moonlight On Christmas Eve, creaking frosty snow on the windowsills, they talked in carols with shepherds going to bow to the newborn Savior of the world.
Christmas was depicted by artists who lived at least 1100 years before Rublev. According to the historian Eusebius of Caesarea (III-IV centuries), no later than the 330s, on the orders of Emperor Constantine, the Church of the Nativity was built in Bethlehem, where, undoubtedly, there was an icon of this holiday. The oldest images Christmas celebrations have survived to this day on silver ampoules, into which oil consecrated in Palestine was poured. They belong to the 5th-7th centuries. For more than a millennium, this iconography took shape and developed before it acquired the form in which Rublev's predecessors painted it and he himself followed them.
Valery Sergeev. Rublev. ZhZL series No. 618.
"Nativity".
1745.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
As for the date of the advent, then everything is not so simple here either. If the supernova explosion - the "Star of Bethlehem" is not inserted into the Bible later, because it ignited and became visible in 1054 from the birth of Christ, then the masters of the world wrote an extra millennium into our heads. The Trent Church Cathedral in Constantinople (Constantinople) definitely added an extra millennium ...
Vladimir Pyatibrat. "Deep Book".
Gandolfino da Roreto (Gandolfino d'Asti).
"The Nativity of Christ".
Late XV - early XVI centuries.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
When the time came to give birth - it was about midnight on Christmas Day - Mary got up and leaned against the pillar that was there. Joseph sat next to him, saddened, probably because he could not prepare everything necessary for the birth. He got up, took hay from the manger, placed it at the feet of the Virgin Mary and turned away. At that moment, the Son of God left the womb of the Mother without causing her any pain. So He ended up in the hay at the feet of His Mother. After washing Him, She wrapped Him in Her veil and laid Him in a manger.<…>the ox and the donkey bowed their heads over the manger in order to warm the Infant with their breath, as they understood that in such a cold, the barely sheltered Infant needed warmth. Mother, however, kneeling down, prayed and gave thanks to God: I thank You, Lord and Heavenly Father, for giving Me Your Son, and I pray to You, the Eternal God, and to You, the Son of the Living God and My Holy One.
Pseudo Bonaventure. "Reflections on the Life of Christ". About 1300.
"Nativity".
Icon "Christmas".
Mediterranean.
Second half of the 15th century.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Icon "Christmas".
Russia.
XVI century.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Icon "Christmas".
Russia.
End of the 17th century.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Icon "Christmas" in a carved frame.
Palestine.
Between 1801-1860.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Ilya Efimovich Repin.
"Nativity".
1890.
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Birth of Jesus
In those days, a command went out from the Roman Caesar Augustus to make a census of all the earth.
And everyone went to sign up - each in his own city. Since Joseph was from the city of Bethlehem, he went there with Mary.
In Bethlehem, it was time for Mary to give birth. She swaddled the baby and put it in a feeder for cattle, in a manger, because there was no place for them and Joseph in the hotel.
And at this time, an angel appeared to the shepherds who guarded the cattle at night and said:
I proclaim to you great joy: in Bethlehem the Savior was born - Christ the Lord. You will find the baby in the manger.
The shepherds came running and found Mary, Joseph and the baby lying in the manger. Then the shepherds told everyone about the guidance and about the baby.
Eight days later they named the baby Jesus.
Then they carried it to Jerusalem to present the baby to God and to sacrifice two turtledoves or two pigeon chicks, as it is said in the laws of Moses.
There was then a man in Jerusalem by the name of Simeon. It was foretold to him that he would not die until he saw the Savior. Simeon came to the temple at the time when the parents brought Jesus there, took him in his arms and said:
Now you release your servant, Master, according to your word in peace, for I saw the Savior.
Joseph and Mary were very surprised at these words.
There was also Anna the prophetess, eighty-four years old. She did not leave the temple at all - she prayed to God day and night. She went up to the baby, and praised the Lord, and began to talk about him to everyone in Jerusalem.
Biblical legends. Derbent, Interexpress. 1992
"Nativity".
1503.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Mathis Gotthart Grunewald.
"Nativity".
Insenheim altar.
THE STAR OF BETHLEhem REALLY FLASHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 12TH CENTURY. (ABSOLUTE ASTRONOMIC DATING OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST)
We will use the fundamental work of IS Shklovsky "Supernovae and related problems". In it, the third chapter is almost entirely devoted to the "star of 1054". The remnants of this outburst is the modern Crab Nebula in the constellation Taurus.
Let's say right away that the date "1054" is taken from old chronicles, in particular Chinese and Japanese. Which I. S. Shklovsky fully trusts. But we have no reason to do so. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to involve such dubious information. It turns out that this outbreak supernova can be DATED PURELY ASTRONOMICALLY, and with high accuracy. Which was done by American astronomers in the 20th century.
Reliable astronomical dating star of bethlehem is: 1140 plus or minus 20-30 years. That is, THE MIDDLE OF THE TWELVETH CENTURY.
APPENDIX ABOUT HALLEY'S COMET. Today it is known that the return period of Halley's comet is approximately 76 years ... Since the penultimate time Halley's comet appeared in 1910, it is easy to calculate that around 1910 - 760 = 1150 Halley's comet should also have appeared. Good or bad it was visible that year - we do not know. But if it really arose in the sky as spectacularly as in XVII-XX centuries(for example, as in 1910), then two bright phenomena could be observed in the sky for several years - a starburst around 1150 and Halley's comet around 1150. Which, of course, should have further strengthened the impression of people. Subsequently, the two phenomena could be confused, united. The Gospels say that the Star of Bethlehem MOVED, led the Magi. Which is reminiscent of the behavior of a comet: "And behold, the star which they saw in the east WALKED BEFORE THEM, AS IT FINALLY COME AND STOOD over the place where the Child was" (Matthew 2:9). On fig. 1.7 shows one of vintage images the Gospel Star of Bethlehem in the form of a "tailed star". This is how comets were previously depicted.
An even more frank image of the Star of Bethlehem in the form of a comet can be seen in the painting by Giotto "The Adoration of the Magi" ...
Giotto di Bondone.
"Adoration of the Magi".
The tail of the star is stretched upwards to the left, which means that the artist most likely painted a comet and not, say, a star with a beam pointing to the baby Christ.
Albrecht Altdorfer.
"Holy Night (Nativity)".
It is curious that on medieval painting Albrecht Altdorfer's "Christmas" at the top left are the TWO HEAVENLY LIGHTS that marked Christmas. One of them is a huge star of Bethlehem in the form of a globular flash. And a little lower - a more elongated and swirling luminary, inside of which a small angel is depicted.
We also see a similar image of precisely two heavenly "flashes" that announced the birth of Christ on the famous medieval Paumgartner altar, created by Albrecht Dürer allegedly in the 16th century.
Albrecht Durer.
Paumgartner altar.
1503.
We see a ball flash of the Star of Bethlehem, and a little lower (as, by the way, in Altdorfer's picture) - an elongated swirling luminary with an angel inside. In both of these paintings, a pair of heavenly bodies is depicted in a bright yellow, golden color, immediately striking against the darker background of the rest of the landscape.
Thus, such medieval images convey to us, apparently, old tradition associate with Christmas both the flash of a star and the comet that appeared at that time.
Vasily Shebuev.
"Nativity".
Let us turn to the "Lutheran Chronograph" of the 17th century, which describes world history from the creation of the world to 1680. It refers, in particular, to the celebration of medieval Christian "Jubilees" celebrated in the Vatican in 1299-1550. Jubilees were established in memory of Christ, as they were celebrated on the days of the January kalends. Christmas was celebrated, close to the January calendars, and not another Christian holiday ...
The years of Jubilees were appointed by the Roman popes. According to the "Lutheran Chronograph", in 1390 "Juville after the birth of Christ" was appointed by Pope Urban IV as the THIRTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the Nativity of Christ. Then he became ten years old, and from 1450, by order of Pope Nicholas VI, - FIFTY YEARS.
Let's carry out a simple, but very interesting calculation. Let us note that if the Jubilee from the Nativity of Christ in 1390 was celebrated as THIRTY YEARS (that is, a multiple of 30 years), and in 1450 - as FIFTY YEARS (a multiple of 50 years), then by simple calculations we come to a complete list of possible - from the point of view medieval popes - the years of the Nativity of Christ. Namely: 1300, 1150, 1000, 850, 700, 550, 400, 250, 100 AD. and so on in steps of 150 years into the past (150 is the least common multiple of 30 and 50). It is striking that in the resulting list of dates there is no that "zero" year AD, where historians place the Nativity of Christ today. It turns out that the Roman popes, who organized the Jubilee, did not at all think that Christ was born at the beginning of our era, as the later chronologists of the 16th-17th centuries stated. The date of the Nativity of Christ was for the popes of the XIV century, obviously, some completely different.
Among the indicated dates, located quite rarely, we see a date that falls exactly in mid-twelfth century. This is 1150. WHAT AGAIN PERFECTLY AGREES WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL DATING OF THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM BY THE YEAR 1140 PLUS MINUS 10 YEARS.
G. V. Nosovsky, A. T. Fomenko. "King of the Slavs".
Giovanni Battista Ortolano.
"Christmas".
Giulio Pippi, nicknamed Giulio Romano.
"Christmas and the Adoration of the Shepherds".
1531-1534.
Domenico Beccafumi.
"Christmas".
Lorenzo Lotto.
"Nativity".
Master from Moulin.
"The Nativity of Christ and Cardinal Rolin".
Master of the Louvre Nativity.
"Christmas".
Piero della Francesca.
"Nativity".
Rogier van der Weyden.
Bladlen Altarpiece (Middelburg Altarpiece).
"Nativity".
"Christmas (Adoration of the Shepherds)".
First half of the 17th century.
1650?
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Federico Barocchi.
"Nativity".
Hans Baldung.
"Nativity".
El Greco.
"Nativity".
Elizaveta Merkuryevna Boehm (Endaurova).
"To the Feast of the Nativity of Christ!"
Nativity in Rus' - great holiday, second in importance only to Bright Easter. On the evening before Christmas - Christmas Eve - it is customary to refrain from eating: "It is impossible until the first star." According to tradition, on this day, with the appearance of the first star in the sky, which symbolizes Bethlehem, the believers complete a four-week fast. Then, closer to midnight, the Orthodox go to the temple to celebrate Christmas there.
The holiday of the Nativity of Christ has been a source of inspiration for Russian artists, poets and writers from time immemorial.
Christmas stood at the window and painted frosty flowers on the glass, waiting for the floors in the house to be washed, rugs to be laid out, lamps to be lit in front of the icons and Him to be let in... - Vasily Akimovich Nikiforov-Volgin "silver blizzard"
The most beautiful and fragrant word in the world - "Christmas" - went through the soul with a cheerful wind. It smelled of blizzard and prickly coniferous paws. - Vasily Akimovich Nikiforov-Volgin"Silver Blizzard"
Christmas romance
Is yours New Year in dark blue
Wave in the middle of the urban sea
Floating in inexplicable anguish,
Like life starts again
As if there will be light and glory
Have a good day and plenty of bread
As if life will swing to the right,
swinging to the left.
- Joseph Alexandrovich Brodsky (1961)
What bliss that the snows sparkle
That the cold got stronger, and it drizzled in the morning,
That foil sparkles wildly and gently
On every corner and in the shop window.
While serpentine, tinsel, rigmarole
They rise above the boredom of other possessions,
The languor of New Year's Eve weeks
endure and endure - what a wondrous fate ...
- Bella Akhmadulina, December 1974
Christmas
My calendar is semi-disgraced
blossomed like a crimson figure;
on glass palm trees and opals
cold spellcasting brought.
Cirrus poured out a pattern,
radiant arched,
and tangerines and boron
the living room smells blue.
- Vladimir Nabokov, September 23, 1921, Berlin
Sergei Vasilyevich Dosekin - Preparing for Christmas, 1896
It was a late evening and crimson,
The harbinger star has risen.
A new voice cried over the abyss -
The Virgin gave birth to a child.
And there was a sign and a miracle:
In imperturbable silence
Judas appeared among the crowd
In a cold mask, on a horse.
Lords full of care,
Sending a message to all corners
And on the lips of Iscariot
The messengers saw the smile.
- Alexander Blok (1902)
Where the night anchors
In the deaf constellations of the Zodiac,
Dry leaves of October,
Deaf feeders of darkness,
Where are you flying? For what
Have you fallen from the tree of life?
Bethlehem is alien and strange to you,
And you didn't see the manger.
There is no offspring for you - alas,
Genderless rage owns you,
You will go childless
In their fallen coffins.
And on the threshold of silence
In the midst of nature's oblivion,
Not to you, not to you are doomed,
And the stars are eternal peoples.
- Osip Mandelstam (1920)
In that Holy holiday
On this bright holiday -
Christmas holiday
We will tell each other
Nice words.
Quietly the snow falls:
Outside the window winter
A miracle will happen here
And set hearts on fire.
May your smiles
On this wonderful day
Will be our happiness
And a gift to everyone.
The sounds of life flow
Happiness and goodness
Illuminating thoughts
Light of Christmas.
- Khomyakov Alexey Stepanovich (1804-1860)
Gentile da Fabriano.
Adoration of the Magi. Fragment. The Magi see a star announcing the birth of the new king of the Jews (Christmas).
Ilya Efimovich Repin.
Nativity.
1890.
Birth of Jesus
In those days, a command went out from the Roman Caesar Augustus to make a census of all the earth.
And everyone went to sign up - each in his own city. Since Joseph was from the city of Bethlehem, he went there with Mary.
In Bethlehem, it was time for Mary to give birth. She swaddled the baby and put it in a feeder for cattle, in a manger, because there was no place for them and Joseph in the hotel.
And at this time, an angel appeared to the shepherds who guarded the cattle at night and said:
- I proclaim to you great joy: in Bethlehem the Savior was born - Christ the Lord. You will find the baby in the manger.
The shepherds came running and found Mary, Joseph and the baby lying in the manger. Then the shepherds told everyone about the guidance and about the baby.
Eight days later they named the baby Jesus.
Then they carried it to Jerusalem to present the baby to God and to sacrifice two turtledoves or two pigeon chicks, as it is said in the laws of Moses.
There was then a man in Jerusalem by the name of Simeon. It was foretold to him that he would not die until he saw the Savior. Simeon came to the temple at the time when the parents brought Jesus there, took him in his arms and said:
- Now you release your servant, Vladyka, according to your word in peace, for I saw the Savior.
Joseph and Mary were very surprised at these words.
There was also Anna the prophetess, eighty-four years old. She did not leave the temple at all - she prayed to God day and night. She went up to the baby, and praised the Lord, and began to talk about him to everyone in Jerusalem.
Biblical legends. Derbent, Interexpress. 1992.
* * *
Mathis Gotthart Grunewald.
Insenheim altar. Nativity.
THE STAR OF BETHLEhem REALLY FLASHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 12TH CENTURY. (ABSOLUTE ASTRONOMIC DATING OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST)
We will use the fundamental work of IS Shklovsky "Supernovae and related problems". In it, the third chapter is almost entirely devoted to the "star of 1054". The remnants of this outburst is the modern Crab Nebula in the constellation Taurus.
Let's say right away that the date "1054" is taken from old chronicles, in particular Chinese and Japanese. Which I. S. Shklovsky fully trusts. But we have no reason to do so. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to involve such dubious information. It turns out that this supernova explosion can be DATED PURELY ASTRONOMICALLY, and with high accuracy. Which was done by American astronomers in the 20th century.
Reliable astronomical dating of the Star of Bethlehem is as follows: 1140 plus or minus 20-30 years. That is, THE MIDDLE OF THE TWELVETH CENTURY.
APPENDIX ABOUT HALLEY'S COMET. Today it is known that the return period of Halley's comet is approximately 76 years ... Since the penultimate time Halley's comet appeared in 1910, it is easy to calculate that around 1910 - 760 = 1150 Halley's comet should also have appeared. Good or bad it was visible that year - we do not know. But if it really appeared in the sky as spectacularly as in the 17th-20th centuries (for example, as in 1910), then two bright phenomena could be observed in the sky for several years - a starburst around 1150 and Halley's comet around 1150 . Which, of course, should have further strengthened the impression of people. Subsequently, the two phenomena could be confused, united. The Gospels say that the Star of Bethlehem MOVED, led the Magi. Which is reminiscent of the behavior of a comet: "And behold, the star which they saw in the east WALKED BEFORE THEM, AS IT FINALLY COME AND STOOD over the place where the Child was" (Matthew 2:9). Figure 1.7 shows one of the ancient images of the Gospel Star of Bethlehem in the form of a "tailed star". This is how comets were previously depicted.
An even more frank image of the Star of Bethlehem in the form of a comet can be seen in the painting by Giotto "The Adoration of the Magi" ...
Giotto di Bondone.
Adoration of the Magi.
The tail of the star is stretched upwards to the left, which means that the artist most likely painted a comet and not, say, a star with a beam pointing to the baby Christ.
Albrecht Altdorfer.
Holy night (Christmas).
It is curious that in the medieval painting "Nativity" by Albrecht Altdorfer, at the top left, TWO HEAVENLY LIGHTS are depicted, which marked Christmas. One of them is a huge star of Bethlehem in the form of a globular flash. And a little lower - a more elongated and swirling luminary, inside of which a small angel is depicted.
We see a similar image of exactly two heavenly "flashes" that announced the birth of Christ, we also see on the famous medieval Paumgartner altar, created by Albrecht Dürer allegedly in the 16th century.
Albrecht Durer.
Paumgartner altar.
1503.
We see a ball flash of the Star of Bethlehem, and a little lower (as, by the way, in Altdorfer's picture) - an elongated swirling luminary with an angel inside. In both of these paintings, a pair of heavenly bodies is depicted in a bright yellow, golden color, immediately striking against the darker background of the rest of the landscape.
Thus, such medieval images convey to us, apparently, an old tradition to associate with Christmas both a starburst and a comet that appeared at that time.
* * *
Vasily Shebuev.
Nativity.
Let us turn to the "Lutheran Chronograph" of the 17th century, which describes world history from the creation of the world to 1680. It refers, in particular, to the celebration of medieval Christian "Jubilees" celebrated in the Vatican in 1299-1550. Jubilees were established in memory of Christ, as they were celebrated on the days of the January kalends. Christmas was celebrated, close to the January calendars, and not another Christian holiday ...
The years of Jubilees were appointed by the Roman popes. According to the "Lutheran Chronograph", in 1390 "Juville after the birth of Christ" was appointed by Pope Urban IV as the THIRTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the Nativity of Christ. Then he became ten years old, and from 1450, by order of Pope Nicholas VI, - FIFTY YEARS.
Let's carry out a simple, but very interesting calculation. Let us note that if the Jubilee from the Nativity of Christ in 1390 was celebrated as THIRTY YEARS (that is, a multiple of 30 years), and in 1450 - as FIFTY YEARS (a multiple of 50 years), then by simple calculations we come to a complete list of possible - from the point of view medieval popes - the years of the Nativity of Christ. Namely: 1300, 1150, 1000, 850, 700, 550, 400, 250, 100 AD. and so on in steps of 150 years into the past (150 is the least common multiple of 30 and 50). It is striking that in the resulting list of dates there is no that "zero" year AD, where historians place the Nativity of Christ today. It turns out that the Roman popes, who organized the Jubilee, did not at all think that Christ was born at the beginning of our era, as the later chronologists of the 16th-17th centuries stated. The date of the Nativity of Christ was for the popes of the XIV century, obviously, some completely different.
Among the indicated dates, located quite rarely, we see a date that falls exactly in the middle of the XII century. This is 1150. WHAT AGAIN PERFECTLY AGREES WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL DATING OF THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM BY THE YEAR 1140 PLUS MINUS 10 YEARS.
G. V. Nosovsky, A. T. Fomenko. King of the Slavs
* * *
Lorenzo Lotto.
Nativity.
Master from Moulin.
Nativity of Christ and Cardinal Rolin.
Piero della Francesca.
Nativity.
Rogier van der Weyden.
Bladlen Altarpiece (Middelburg Altarpiece). Nativity.
Federico Barocchi.
Nativity.
Hans Baldung.
Nativity.
El Greco.
Nativity.
Edward Burne-Jones. Adoration of the Magi 
Matthieu Le Nain. Adoration of the shepherds
Guido Reni. Adoration of the shepherds 
Peter Paul Rubens. Adoration of the Magi
