Village Scene, Montmartre

Lucien Pissarro

1910 - 1925

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Sketch of figure at a table. The figure is seen on the left of the composition near a table with a water pitcher and bowl of food. Other various shapes populate the composition.
A botanical print depicting two red flowers with thin stems and long thin leaves. The plant in the lower right is uncolored.
Mary, Joseph, three Shepherds and two angels surround a crib covered with a white cloth on which rests the newsborn Jesus. Behind, on the left, a monumental stone colums that belongs to building. In the far distance, on a hillside, shepherds with their flock by a tent. Above, the sky opens and an angel descends through the clouds in a ray of light.
Surrounded by angels, the Madonna sits in a Gothic throne with the Christ Child on her lap. He wears a coral necklace and touches a gold ball that his mother is holding.