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The Art of Christmas Stamps

Works from the National Gallery of Art

1968 - 1979

Two people with pale, peach skin are situated in a church interior in this tall, narrow painting.

Jan Van Eyck - The Annunciation

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Painting of a nativity scene. A crucifix is shown on the wall in the background.

Lorenzo Lotto - The Nativity

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Four people with white skin are gathered to our right in a landscape, their heads bowed down towards an infant.

Giorgione - Adoration of the Shepherds

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A woman wearing long robes and standing on an upturned, gold crescent moon is surrounded by twenty angels who lift her up.

Master of the St. Lucy Legend - Mary, Queen of Heaven

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A woman and child, both with pale skin, sit in front of a deep landscape in this vertical painting.

Raphael - Small Cowper Madonna

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Against a gold background, a blond woman is shown from the lap up, facing us as she holds and looks down at a plump baby.

Ghirlandaio - Madonna and Child

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glazed terracotta sculpture of Madonna and Child with cherubim

della Robbia - Madonna and Child with Cherubim

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Painting of Madonna and Child eating date. In the background Joseph is shown trying to pick fruit from a tree.

Gerard David - The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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