(Above & below) The Neapolitan Nativity scene at the Met
Photos by New York Scugnizzo
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The Holy Family |
Baby Jesus with lamb |
(Above and below) An array of angels adorn the magnificent blue spruce |
(Above & below) The angelic host look on in wonderment |
(Above & below) the Three Kings and their retainers follow the star |
A mother consoles her sobbing child (or a drowsy boy wakes from his nap) |
A sleeping shepherd |
The beloved zampognari (bagpipers) |
(Above & below) Scenes of daily life from eighteenth-century Naples |