英国画家阿瑟·休斯(1832—1915)的画作让我们想起了年轻的马利亚生下耶稣时的情景。休斯的这版《耶稣降生》(布面油画附金叶,612毫米×358毫米,1858年。图见本期封底)集中描绘的是一个初为人母者,学着如何照顾自己的新生儿。[2]画中,圣母马利亚将襁褓长布条缠裹在初生儿子身上,这也许是她第一次操作, The paintings of the British painter Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) remind us of the situation when the young Mary gave birth to Jesus. This edition of Hughes, “Nativity” (oil on canvas with gold leaf, 612 mm x 358 mm, 1858. See back cover of this issue) focuses on a first-born mother who learns how to take care of her newborn . [2] In the painting, the Virgin Mary will be a long strip of cloth wrapped around a newborn son, this may be her first operation,