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Mary with Child and John the Baptist as a child with Anne
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Mary with Child and John the Baptist as a child with Anne

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert · 1596 - 1659 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Seated Mary with the Christ Child on her lap and a bare breast. The child John the Baptist gives Christ a bird under the watchful eye of the holy Anna. Below the image, a Latin quote from the Bible: Proverbs 8.

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printAnna, mother of Mary
Credit lineMaria met Kind en Johannes de Doper als kind met Anna. 1596 - 1659. Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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