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Holy Family with the Sleeping Christ Child
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Holy Family with 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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Mary lifts the sheet from the sleeping Christ Child. She has her arm around the young John the Baptist. Joseph sits behind the Child, his arms folded before his breast. In the margin a two-line inscription in Latin.

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Credit lineHeilige Familie bij het slapende Christuskind. 1563 - before 1619. Hieronymus Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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