Illustration: 73B21(+3)x73B74x11C23x11E4x1

General

Title adoration of the Christ-child by Mary (+ angel(s), other occupations of the Holy Family, God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe, Holy Ghost represented otherwise, e.g. ray(s) of light
Type Illustration
Sizes 109x76
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 73B21(+3),73B74,11C23,11E4
Iconclass description adoration of the Christ-child by Mary (+ angel(s), other occupations of the Holy Family, God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe, Holy Ghost represented otherwise, e.g. ray(s) of light
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Exodus) 1 K3r
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Exodus) vol.1 p.K3r
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Luke) 2 K4r
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Luke) vol.2 p.K4r
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Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Psalms) 1 Zzz3r (signed Zzz)
Show scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Psalms) vol.1 p.Zzz3r (signed Zzz)
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Exodus) vol.1 p.K3r
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Luke) vol.2 p.K4r
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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