The Frick Collection in Manhattan has a small but exquisite exhibit, “The Charterhouse of Bruges,” until January 13, 2019. The focus is on two paintings of Mary and the Child Jesus with Saints Elizabeth and Barbara, one by Jan van Eyck (c 1390 – 1441) and the other by Petrus Christus (1410 – 1475).

The Frick website offers a short introductory lecture (five minutes) and a lecture of 58 minutes at www.frick.org/exhibitions/charterhouse_bruges.

Also of interest is the exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum, which celebrates one of the first Mannerist painters, Jacopo Pontoromo (1494 – 1557), with a powerful Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56). This exhibit will end on January 6, 2019. Visit the Morgan website at www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/pontormo and read Cammy Brother’s WSJ article, “He Was More Than a Mannerist” to learn more about the exhibit and the artist.