The story of the first Christmas is told here in the majestic words of the King James Version of the Bible. Behind the 24 windows are some of the world's greatest paintings from the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Each hidden window, when opened in sequence, day by day, beginning December 1, reveals a different painting and accompanying text telling the Christmas story, from Isaiah's prophecy of a messiah to the flight into Egypt. The windows surround Gerard David's exquisite painting, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, painted about 1510. Gerard David (1460-1523) is usually considered the last great painter of the Bruges School. While the basic text that the painting interprets is provided by Matthew (2:13), an account of the Rest in the apocryphal Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew recounts how on the third day of the journey, the Virgin rested beneath a palm tree and the Infant made the tree bend down to provide her with fruit. Joseph's nut-gathering may be interpreted as a variation on the palm tree miracle. David depicted trees and plants with great accuracy, and it is quite possible that much of the flora is invested with symbolic meaning. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is one of David's loveliest and most tranquil works. The 10 x 13 calendar has an easel back. It comes in a resealable poly bag.
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