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Mary and the Sleeping Christ Child
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Mary and the Sleeping Christ Child

Hieronymus Wierix · 1563 - before 1619 · engraving; paper

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

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The crowned Mary looks at the sleeping Christ Child, her hands folded before her breast. Various flowers are scattered on the Child's blanket. In the margin a two-line Bible quote from Song of Solomon 1 in Latin.

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Credit lineMaria en het slapende Christuskind. 1563 - before 1619. Hieronymus Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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