New! Nativity – Fra Angelico – 4.25" Framed Miniature Jesus of Nazareth and eventually he became a

and eventually he became a lay brother in a Capuchin monastery

He was from a rich French family and had been a cavalry officer and famous explorer

and as man

and he died there after a long and successful career

New! Nativity – Fra Angelico – 4.25" Framed Miniature Jesus of Nazareth and eventually he became aThis image is from Fra Angelico's painting, "The Navitity," painted around 1425. The colors are beautiful and vibrant. Mary and Joseph are worshiping Jesus in reverent awe. The ox and ass look on*, as they are in almost every nativity painting ever done. The two animals aren't mentioned in the Gospel accounts of the nativity, but are symbolic: the ox stands for Israel, and the ass stands for the Gentiles, showing they are united under Christ. This