ADVENT CALENDAR 2023

A color painting of the Visitation of the Shepherds, with Joseph and Mary on either side of the manger, and three shepherds approaching from the right.

December 25

In 1958, Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn commissioned Bryn Athyn artist Winfred S. Hyatt to design this Christmas card. It shows the Visitation of the Shepherds to the Christ Child. Mary, who is reclining, looks into the manger, as three shepherds approach on the right side. The original painting is in the Glencairn Museum collection. Hyatt is remembered principally for his work at Bryn Athyn’s stained-glass studio, which produced windows for both Bryn Athyn Cathedral and Glencairn. He worked for the Pitcairns from 1916 until his passing in 1959.

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