My favourite winter artworks
Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones selects his favourite festive artworks
A wise man's painting: Sandro Botticelli's The Adoration of the Kings
In the last in his series of favourite wintry artworks, Jonathan Jones marvels at the towering majesty of Botticelli's The Adoration of the Kings, which won the artist 'gifts' from the Medici family
The Son shines in The Adoration of the Shepherds by Guido Reni
In the runup to Christmas, art critic Jonathan Jones is selecting his favourite wintry works. Today it's this huge heartwarming canvas, as bright and bold as street theatre
Night of revelation: The Nativity at Night by Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Continuing with his series of favourite wintry artworks, Jonathan Jones feels a warm glow looking at the tender beauty of Geertgen tot Sint Jans's The Nativity at Night
Carlo Crivelli's homespun Annunciation
Jonathan Jones continues his series of best-loved wintry artworks with Carlo Crivelli's The Annunciation with Saint Emidius, a 15th-century reimagining of the angel's message to Mary set in idealised Italy
Dashing through the snow: Francisco de Goya's Snowstorm (La Nevada)
In the latest of his series of favourite wintry artworks, Jonathan Jones admires the compassion and elegance of Goya's Snowstorm, an oil-painted paean to Spain's heroic underclass
Venus Frigida: Rubens's portrait of love in a cold climate
Jonathan Jones shivers in sympathy with Rubens's nude Mediterranean goddess, who finds herself far from home in the inhospitable north
Avalanche in the Grisons! JMW Turner paints up a storm
Continuing his series of wintry artworks, Jonathan Jones is blown over by the sublime force of JMW Turner's Swiss snowslide – The Fall of an Avalanche in the Grisons
Paul Cézanne braves Paris's bleak midwinter
The latest of Jonathan Jones's favourite wintry artworks is Cézanne's The Stove in the Studio, a shiver-inducing evocation of the life of a starving artist in winter
Wee wish you a Merry Christmas: Helen Chadwick’s Piss Flowers
Jonathan Jones continues his seasonal selection of favourite wintry artworks with Helen Chadwick's Piss Flowers – haunting alien cities created in the snow using a unique methodology
A note-perfect Nativity by Piero della Francesca
Jonathan Jones continues his seasonal series of best-loved wintry artworks with a 15th-century reimagining of the birth of Jesus, set against a tranquil Tuscan tableaux
Hunters in the snow: Pieter Bruegel's pastoral idyll
Jonathan Jones continues his selection of favourite wintry artworks with Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting of a group of shivering hunters returning to home and hearth
Candle: Gerhard Richter's Christmas spirit burns bright
In today's wintry artwork, Jonathan Jones explains why Gerhard Richter's devotional painting of a candle has him all aglow
Morning: William Hogarth's love letter to London life
Jonathan Jones admires The Four Times of Day: Morning, William Hogarth's wry 1736 portrait of London life – and carousing underclass
Ice and easy: Henry Raeburn's Skating Minister
Throughout December, Jonathan Jones is selecting his top wintry artworks. Here, he admires Henry Raeburn's The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch
Winter Landscape: Casper David Friedrich's seasonal ghost story
Jonathan Jones is picking his top wintry artworks. Here he explains why Winter Landscape, a painting by Casper David Friedrich, both enchants and chills
Freeze frame: how Herbert Ponting captured Antarctica
Every day in the run-up to Christmas, Jonathan Jones is picking his favourite wintry artworks. Today, he explores one of the most beautiful images ever taken of the eerie, icy world that would claim the lives of Captain Scott and his party
Cold comfort: the artist's love affair with winter
From Rubens's shivering Venus to Helen Chadwick's Piss Flowers, artists have long been fascinated by the coldest months. Jonathan Jones walks through a winter wonderland