One of my favourite Pre- Raphaelites. Few do Nativity better than Burne-Jones. Victorian imagination, sentiment and biblical literacy all inform this work.
This sketch reminds me of Christina Rosetti's Carol, and the verse:
Angels and archangels, may have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim, thronged the air:
But only his mother, in her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the Beloved, with a kiss.
I'm wondering which one inspired which, who borrowed from whom; or is it artistic coincidence?
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