Peruvian Nativity

Peruvian Nativity

Dionisio Rojas Gutierrez

Peru

Painted clay

This Nativity was handmade by Dionisio Rojas Gutierrez, an artist from the Andes Mountains of southern Peru. A pair of doves flutter above the Holy Family, while shepherds dressed in traditional Peruvian attire gather to see the Christ Child at the entrance to a Spanish Mission Style church. Gutierrez has been working as a ceramic artist since childhood. After firing the pieces, he hand paints them and applies a protective finish.

On loan from the Knights of Columbus Museum, Inc. Collection, New Haven, Connecticut