Here are 82 of the 264 artifacts in St. Nicholas Center's travelling exhibit, St. Nicholas, Discovering the Truth About Santa Claus. This representative sampling includes antique and contemporary museum quality pieces along with items from popular culture. Together these artifacts and images from around the world tell the story of Saint Nicholas.

Image files for publicity purposes

These images are available to exhibit hosts on disc in hi-resolution jpgs in large, medium and thumbnail sizes.

Exhibit title graphic inches	1-Handwritten Greek Icon, ca 1900 13½ x 12½ inches	2-Watercolor, G. E. Mullan, 2006 8 x 18 inches
3-Antique Belgian Wood Carving 14 inches high	4-Watercolor, Carmela Boccasile, Italy, 1989 10 x 12 inches	5-Handpainted Manna Bottles, Bari, Italy 4 - 8 5/8 inches
6-Icon, Rybinsk, Russia, 2005 Oklad from 1800s, 14½ x 17½ inches	7-Santo, Latin America, late 1700s 12 inches	8-Retablo, Arthur P. Lopez, Santa Fe, NM, 2001 11 x 19¼ inches
9-Bulto, Charles Carrillo, Santa Fe, NM, 2008 22 x 10 inches	10-Icon, oil on incised wood, Yevgeniy Levchenko, 1990s 14 x 24 inches	11-Ex-voto, Mexico, 1940 10 5/8 x ½ inches
12-Ex-voto, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1904 12½ x 7¼ inches	13-St. Nicholas pointing to the Christ Child Lladro Porcelain Figures, Spain, 2003, 1987 11 x 8½ & 15½ x 5¼ inches	14-Medal Commemorating 9th Centenarian of the translation of St. Nicholas' relics 1987, Bari, Italy, 4 inches
15-Hinterglasbild, reverse glass painting Austria, 2000, 7 7/8 x 10½ inches	16-Stone carving, Joseph Chiffriller, 2001 16 inches	17-Print, Carmella Boccasile, Bari, Italy, 2002 16 3/4 x 18 inches
18-Chocolate Boxes, Austria	19-Hagiographic Icon, Rybinsk, Russia, 2005 17 x 15 inchesinches	20-Encaustic Icon, Izmir, Turkey, 2005 5 x 7 inches
21-Replica s Statue, Demre, Turkey, 2005 8 ½ inches	22-Kilim, 1999 12 x 24 inches	23-St.Nicholas church souvenirs England, US, Czech, France
24-Candy Containers, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands 5 - 11 1/4 inches	25-Sinterklaas on Horse, Pipka, USA, 2001 13¼ inches	26-Canvas Print, Fra Angelico inchesMiracle of San Nicola di Bari 21 x 12½ inches
27-Figure, Germany, 2003 10 3/4 inches	28-Acrylic on wood, Ken Widing, USA, 2004 19 inches	29-Acrylic Painting, Laura James, USA, 2005 15 x 20 inches
30-Hinterglas, reverse glass painting Austria, 1880s, 9½ x 12 inches	31-Ceramic Plaque, Maur Van Doorslaer, USA, 1995 10½ inches	32-Bronze, Germany, 2000 3 3/4 x 4
33-Handwriten Icon, Niculita Darastean, Romania, 1998 9 x 12 inches	34-Print, Church of KÖnigsfelden, Switzerland, 7 3/8 x 11½	35-Speculaas (cookie) Board, the Netherlands, 1997 9 x 14 inches
36-Speculoos (cookie) Board, Belgium, ca 1850 5 1/8 x 11 inches	37-Back half of sugar mold, Europe, ca 1790-1830 5 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches	38-Sweets from Belgium and the Netherlands
39-Tea & Liqueur, Austria & Belgium	40-Antique Cookie Cutter, Belgium 9 x 8 inches	41-Chocolates and molds, Belgium, the Netherlands up to 20 inches
42-Ceramic Sculpture, Maria Di Terlizzi, Bari, Italy, 2004 21½ inches	43-Ceramic Figure, Emile Just BAchelet, France, ca 1920s 14 inches	44-Terra Cotta Figure, Josephina Aguilar Alcantara, Mexico, 2005 5½ inches
45-Figure, Bari, Italy, 2001 13 inches	46-Statue, Malta, 2004 24 inches	47-Chalkware Figure, Monica Marceau, USA, 2001 5 inches
48-Incised & Handpainted Gourd, Julie Rossetti, USA, 1995 10 1/2 inches	49-Duncan Royale St. Nicholas, USA, 1983 11 inches	50-Inlaid Wood Plaque, Alsace, France, 2003 6½ x 9½ inches
51-Dough Figures, Lorraine, France	52-Oil, Reverse Painting on Glass, Magdalene Hniedziewicz, Poland, 2001 4¼ x 5 1/8 inches	53-Hand carved Cookie Mold, Oldrich Kvapil, Czech Republic, 2003 with decorative cookie, 3 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches
54-Czech Figures, ca 1960 & 1030 10 & 7 inches	55-Wood Carving, Andrzej Wojtczak, Poland, 1997 10 inches	56-Icon, acrylic on canvas, Alexander Boguslawski, Poland/USA, 2003 36 x 48 inches
57-Oil on canvas, Central European Old Master, mid-1700s 23 x 32 inches	58-Oil on canvas, Bari, Italy, 14th-15th century 30 x 25 inches	59-Sinterklaas Count-down Calendar, the Netherlands, 2004 12 inch diameter
60-Commercial Display, the Netherlands, 2005 27½ x 25 inches	61-Illumination, Book of Hours, Paris, France, ca 1485 4 5/8 x 6½inches	62-Oil on canvas, Nicola De Marinis, Italy, 2005 8 x 8 inches
63-Chalkware Figure, Judi Vaillancourt, USA, 2001 9½ inches	64-Figure, Ruth Clotfelter Camenisch, USA, 1995 22½ inches	65-Cornhusk Figure, Czech, 1982 This figure started it all 8½ inches
66-Painting, Anna Maria De Terlizzi, Bari, Italy, 2006 9½ x 12 inches	67-Marotte, Lorraine, France, 2005 5½ x 13 inches	68-Reverse Glass Icon, Ioana Popescu, Ropmania, 2002 12 x 12½ inches
69-Nutcracker, Seiffen, Germany, 1992 13 inches	70-Etching, #33/200, Ernst Fuchs, Austria, 1970 13 x 14 inches	71-Emaneled Bronze Icon, Russia 9 x 10 3/8 inches
72-Paper creche, Prague, Czech Republic, 2001 St. Nicholas Hussite Church	73-Paper Craft Figure & Boot, Austria, before 1930 10 inches	74-Terra Cotta Mug, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, 1994 4½ x 6 7/8 inches
75-Sinterklaas toys from the Netherlands	76-Saint Nicholas, Commercial Display, Belgium, ca 1970 14 x 30 inches	77-Santa, USA, ca 1950s 12½ x 17 inches
78-Sinterklaas Backpack with toys, the Netherlands, 2000	79-Coca-Cola Advert, Belgium, ca 1950 7 x 4½ inches	80-Royal Doulton Plate, England, 1976 8 x 8 inches
81-Bas-relief Icon, Sofia Christine, USA, 2005 10 x 12½ inches	82-Chromolithograph, Russia, 1902 19 x 27½ inches	83-Hand Decorated Egg, Ukraine, 2006 2¼ inches
84-Haddon Sundblom, Time advert, 1955	85-Thomas Nast Illustration, Harper's Weekly, 1881	86-Thomas Nast Illustration, Santa Claus & His Works, 1869

Photos: Robert E. Potter III, REP3.com, Chicago, Illinois.