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A santon figurine of a produce seller Nativity scene with santons. A santon is a small hand-painted figurine cast in terracotta or a similar material that is used for building nativity scenes. Santons are a traditional product of the Provence region of southeastern France. A maker of santons is called a santonnier. [1]
The work may have been donated by Pieter Bladelin (c. 1410-72), treasurer of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, as the altarpiece for the new town church of Saints Peter and Paul in Middelburg in Flanders. Bladelin founded the town in 1450 and devoted much effort to its construction as a personal project.
Nativity pictures, on the other hand, are specifically illustrative, and include many narrative details; they are a normal component of the sequences illustrating both the Life of Christ and the Life of the Virgin. The Nativity has been depicted in many different media, both pictorial and sculptural.
The figurines, which include a nativity scene, are made from hand-painted resin which is cast from Lordi's hand-carved clay sculptures. Lordi partnered with the Demdaco company to produce, market and distribute Willow Tree figurines. [2] The line is available nationwide in independent gift shops and Hallmark stores. It is often a top seller. [3 ...
According to the ethnographer Joan Amades, it was a "customary figure in nativity scenes [pessebres] in the 19th century, because people believed that this deposit [symbolically] fertilized the ground of the nativity scenes, which became fertile and ensured the nativity scene for the following year, and with it, the health of body and peace of ...
Central figures of the Nativity, Metropolitan Museum of Art Adoration of the Magi, National Gallery, 19 x 47.4 cm Nativity, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 7 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (18.7 x 43.5 cm) Two small paintings in London and New York are believed to come from the same predella , and are attributed to Zanobi Strozzi , a Florentine painter who was ...
Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Detail of an elaborate Neapolitan presepio in Rome. In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/ k r ɛ ʃ / or / k r eɪ ʃ /), or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth ...
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