Engravings on the nativity
21 Dicembre 2009
On the occasion of the Christmas festivities, the Vatican Library is pleased to present a small sample of the graphic materials in its
collections, with a Christmas theme. This is a group of engravings from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, kept in the Library's Cabinet of Engravings.
With these precious works of art which invite us to contemplate the Mystery of Christmas, we send our best wishes for a peaceful and joyful Christmas to all.
Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1504
xylography [BAV, Stampe.V.79(118)]
from Giovan Battista di Jacopo (“il Rosso Fiorentino”)
Adoration of the Magi, 1574
burin [BAV, Stampe.IV.162]
Adoration of the Magi, 1636-1638
etching [BAV, Stampe.V.1(110)]
Adoration of the Magi, [first half of the seventeenth c.]
etching [BAV, Stampe.V.130(102)]
from Jacopo Robusti ("il Tintoretto")
Adoration of the Shepherds, [c. 1649]
etching [BAV, Stampe.IV.175]
Nativity with adoration of the angels, [c. 1650]
etching [BAV, Stampe.V.1(119)]
Adoration of the Shepherds with the Lamp, 1654
etching [BAV, Stampe.V.98(3)]
Adoration of the Shepherds , [c. 1660]
etching [BAV, Stampe.V.26(33)]
from Francesco Francia su disegno di Francesco Rosaspina
Manger Scene with Saints and Portraits, 1818-1829
burin [BAV, R.G.ArteArch.S. 269(29)]
The Manger Scene in Aracoeli, 1821
etching [BAV, Stampe.IV.2(28)
