Holy family with a thistlefink, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1596 - 1659 print Maria is sitting in a garden with the Christ child on her lap. The saints Joseph, Anna and John the Baptist stand with them as a child. The Christ child holds a thistle finch on a string, the bird is presented to him by John with a stick with bubbles. Under the show is a rule from Spr. 8:31 in Latin. This print is part of an album. Southern Netherlands paper engraving Holy Family, and derived representations. song-birds: goldfinch

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Photo credit: © piemags/rmn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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