ADVENT CALENDAR 2024

A woman dressed in blue with a white veil kneels, with her hands clasped under her chin. She gazes down at a manger, in which only a golden halo can be seen.

December 5

SPANISH NATIVITY

Belenes Puig S.L.
Barcelona, Spain
Clay, fabric, metal
2014

Philadelphia artist Frank Snyder designed this Christmas card depicting Mary with her hands clasped in prayer, gazing at the manger where the baby Jesus lay. He and his wife, Ann, sent the card to Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn (date unknown). Snyder worked as a painter and muralist at Glencairn from 1937 to 1940, and continued working for the Pitcairns on freelance projects into the early 1950s. His work at Glencairn included a large Adoration of the Shepherds painting on canvas, a mural in Michael Pitcairn’s bedroom, and several painted plexiglass lampshades.

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