The Christ Child is drilling a hole in a plank. Together with two angels and Joseph, he is building a house. Mary looks on as she is busy with a spool of yarn. In the margin a six-line caption, in two columns, in Latin, Christ child builds a house Youth of Christ (series title) Iesv Christi dei Domini, salvatoris nri infantia (series title), print maker: Hieronymus Wierix, (mentioned on object), Hieronymus Wierix, publisher: Hieronymus Wierix, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1563 - before 1619, paper, engraving, h 98 mm × w 62 mm

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