Advent Calendar 2021

Diorama of the Adoration of the Shepherds, made by Winfred S. Hyatt around 1925. Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, C37. To view a zoomable version on Google Arts & Culture, **click on the image**.

21. Adoration of the Shepherds

This scene illustrates the biblical narrative of the Adoration of the Shepherds: “And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger” (Luke 2:16).

Winfred S. Hyatt made three Nativity scenes for the Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family during the 1920s; this scene is one of the three. Hyatt, the principal stained-glass artist and designer for Bryn Athyn Cathedral and later Glencairn, also made Nativity scenes for the Cathedral, the Harold Pitcairn family, and President and Mrs. Eisenhower. Hyatt modeled all the figures for the Pitcairn scenes, which were then cast in plaster, painted, and clothed.

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