The Birth of Christ. Mary and Joseph, two men and a woman worship the Christ child lying in the manger. In the landscape in the background, a woman with a jug on her head and two other figures approach. Around the representation a rocaille frame. In the lower margin two seven-line German and Latin texts, Geboorte van Christus Die Geb, print maker: Johann Christoph Steinberger, (mentioned on object), Johann Evangelist Holzer, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann Andreas Pfeffel (der Ältere), (mentioned on object), Augsburg, 1719 - 1727, paper, etching, h 189 mm × w 293 mm

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