Die Krippenfeier des heiligen Franziskus 1837
Edward Jakob Von Steinle (Austrian, 1810–1886)
"Die Krippenfeier des heiligen Franziskus" from german: Saint Francis' Christmas Celebration.
Saint Francis celebrated Christmas, by recreating the first representation of the birth of the Christ Child.
A lithograph from 1837, depicts Saint Francis on Christmas eve, before the altar, while another friar invites the villagers of Greccio to adore the Child. Size of the original illustration: 32.5 x 44.5 cm. (12.8 x 17.5 in.)
Lithograph after a washed sepia drawing by Edward Jakob von Steinle, from 1837 (cf. Steinle 1910, No. 176 with illustration). However, without the poem by Clemens Brentano printed underneath. The drawing is in the Art Museum of the City of Basel.
This image would later be used to create a series of Christmas postcards, as the one below, from 1910.
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