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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas (Calvin Coolidge)
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Maria The light of Christmas
Domenico Veneziano (c. 1410–1461) Madonna and Child - burgundy Xmas 1435-37 Villa I Tatti, Settignano (Firenze)
Anonymous Neapolitan artist Madonna of Charity Ischia 15th century portrait of a woman (Vittoria Colonna)
Alvise Vivarini (1442–1505) Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and a male Saint
Andrea Mantegna (c 1431–1506) Madonna with Child 1490-1500
Giovanni Bellini, Madonna del Prato 1505 National Gallery, Londra
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) The Sleep of the Infant Jesus, with Musician Angels. Musée du Louvre Paris
Alvise Vivarini (1442–1505) Madonna and Child with Four Saints
Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) Madonna and Child and Cherubins
Andrea di Bartolo c. 1415.detail. National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alvise Vivarini (1442–1505) Mary and Child with Sts Mary Magdalene and Catherine. Private collection
Andrea Orcagna (c. 1308 - c. 1368) Madonna and Child with Angels National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Antonio Campi (c. 1522 – 1587) Virgin and Child with saints. Pinacoteca di Brera.Milano Domenico Veneziano Madonna del Roseto. Museo nazionale d'arte, Bucarest
Antoniazzo Romano (c 1452-c 1512) Mother and Child
Antonello da Messina, (c. 1430 – 1479) Virgin and Child 1470-1480 London National Gallery
Antonello da Messina Madonna and Child, c.-1475-58 National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) Virgen de la Servilleta, circa 1666 Fine Arts Museum Seville
Gentile Bellini (1429–1507) Madonna and Child with Donors, 1460. Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist The Metropolitan Museum of Art NY
Bastiano Mainardi. Virgin 1490 Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino (Notizie 1416 – 1429) Bibbiena
Bernardino Di Mariotto Dello Stagno Madonna and Child with Sts Severino and-Dominic,1512 Pinacoteca Vatican
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) Adoration of the Thorn Crown Private collection
Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) Madonna teaching the Infant Christ reading Hermitage Museum St.Petersburg
Albrecht Dürer(1471 - 1528) Madonna with the swaddled Infant Bridgewater Madonna Edinburg Museum Conrad von Soest Madonna and Child 1420.Dortmund
Virgin and Child From the Book of Kells, Folio 7v ca. 800 Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland This picture is said to be the oldest (and possibly the most unflattering) existing image of the Madonna and Child in a Western manuscript. It was created by monks in Ireland
Conrad von Soest Marienaltar Marienkirche in Dortmund
Sassetta (1392–1450) Madonna of humility with Child and four Saints c.-1435 Museo Diocesano, Cortona
Sassetta (1392–1450) Madonna of humility with Child and four Saints c.-1435 Museo Diocesano, Cortona
Sassetta (1392–1450) Madonna with Child
Unknown master german Madonna and child 1400-30 Furstenfeldbruck, Germany
Pictures:Internet All copyrights belong to their respective owners Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda http://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2011 Sound: Teodora Paunescu-Tuca – O, Marie