Page of a sketchbook; Adoration of Magi; St. Christopher and Christ Child, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Bistre pen and ink, grayish-brown wash (Verso) on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Verso: Mary sits with the Child outside the stable with the ox. Joseph stands beside her. The ass drinks from a fountain in the lower left corner. The Kings and their suites fill the square. The town is in the right background. Recto, B, vertically: St. Christopher climbs up to the bank of the river. The Child, holding a money bag in his right hand, stands beside and speaks to him

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