The second picture is of the Shepherds watching their flocks by night.
When the curtains part, two shepherds are seated at the right of the
picture, half reclining against a rock. At their feet another lies
asleep. A little to the left-center of the picture, two others are
stretched on the ground. Suddenly there is a great light off-stage, at
the left, and an angel robed in white appears from the direction in
which the light comes. The shepherds sink back in fear and awe. The
angel raises her left hand in token of peace, and turning toward the
light, points with her right hand toward Bethlehem, where the Christ is
born. The shepherds gaze a moment and then start to rise and follow, as
the angel moves away in the direction of the light.