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Christ Child picking up wood chips
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Christ Child picking up wood chips

Christoffel van Sichem (II) · 1617 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Joseph hews wood from a tree trunk. The Christ Child gathers the chips. He is helped by two angels who collect the wood in their cloaks. Mary sits with them and is spinning. In the lower margin four lines of Dutch text.

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Credit lineChristuskind raapt houtsnippers op. 1617. Christoffel van Sichem (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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