Paintings for Christmas

34 paintings by 28 painters, 1440 to 1670. Each is printed from the holding museum's own photograph of the original.

• The Adoration of the MagiFra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippic. 1440–1460 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
• The Nativity, with God the Father Surrounded by Angels and CherubimFrancesco di Giorgio Martinic. 1470 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• The Adoration of the MagiSandro Botticellic. 1475–1476 · Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsHugo van der Goesc. 1480 · Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• The Nativity at NightGeertgen tot Sint JansPossibly about 1490 · The National Gallery, London
• Mystic NativitySandro Botticellic. 1500–1501 · The National Gallery, London
• The Holy FamilyGiorgioneprobably c. 1500 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
• Jesus among the DoctorsAlbrecht Dürer1506 · Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
• The Canigiani Holy FamilyRaphaelc. 1507 · Alte Pinakothek, Munich
• The Rest on the Flight into EgyptGerard Davidc. 1510 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsAdriaen Isenbrantprobably 1520/1540 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
• The NativityLorenzo Lotto1523 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsCorreggioc. 1525–1530 · Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
• The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the BaptistAndrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)ca. 1528 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• The Adoration of the MagiTitianc. 1560 · Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
• The Adoration of the Kings in the SnowPieter Bruegel the Elder1563 · Sammlung Oskar Reinhart «Am Römerholz», Winterthur
• The Massacre of the InnocentsPieter Bruegel the Elderc. 1565–67 · Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsEl Grecoc. 1605–1610 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsCaravaggio1609 · Museo Regionale, Messina
• The Massacre of the InnocentsPeter Paul Rubensc. 1611–1612 · Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• The Holy FamilyPeter Paul Rubensc. 1616/17 · Sanssouci, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Potsdam
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsGerard van Honthorst1622 · Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
• The Adoration of the MagiPeter Paul Rubens1624 · KMSKA, Antwerp
• Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Madonna with Partridges)Anthony van Dyckby 1632 · State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsNicolas Poussin1633–1634 · The National Gallery, London
• The Holy Family with AngelsRembrandt1645 · State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
• The Holy Family on the StepsNicolas Poussin1648 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
• Adoration of the ShepherdsBernardo Cavallinoc. 1650 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
• The Holy Family with a Little BirdBartolomé Esteban Murilloc. 1650 · Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
• The Adoration of the ShepherdsJusepe de Ribera1650 · Musée du Louvre, Paris
• The Holy Family with St John the Baptist and St ElizabethNicolas Poussinc. 1651 · J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (jointly owned)
• Adoration of the ShepherdsCarlo Dolcic. 1670 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
• Rest on the Flight into EgyptClaude Lorrainearly 1640s · The Cleveland Museum of Art
• The NativityPiero della Francescaearly 1480s · The National Gallery, London