The story of The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck. Showing Archangel Gabriel telling Mary that she will bear the son of God, the picture is full of symbols and half-concealed messages.
A look at The Census at Bethlehem by Pieter Bruegel. The picture shows the arrival of Mary and Joseph in the town and also shows a Dutch village under the rule of a foreign army.
Tells the story of God’s Child by French painter Paul Gauguin. Gauguin’s version of the Nativity is fresh, modern, intensely personal and far removed from traditional depictions.
