This
nativity oil painting, created by a 16th Century Venetian Renaissance
artist, portrays a tender moment between the Virgin Mary and her newborn baby
Jesus. The child reaches both hands upward, either in affection towards His
mother or in worship of the Heavenly Father.
Joseph,
who again looks considerably older, leans over the infant with his own hands
folded in prayer.
Angels
appear over the scene, where they seem to be reading a written proclamation.
The
careful viewer will also notice a crucifix in the upper left-hand corner of
this work, foreshadowing the Lord’s death at Calvary. Clearly, the artist has
taken a curious liberty with this inclusion, as this element is three decades
before its appointed time.
The Nativity,
by Lorenzo Lotto, 1523
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