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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 11414360, member: 14916&quot;]I wish all the members here happy holidays!</p><p><br /></p><p>Although this a book illustration, I think this is a real art piece, so I put it on this forum. It is designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maerten_de_Vos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maerten_de_Vos" rel="nofollow">Maerten de Vos</a> (invent.) and engraved van <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Collaert_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Collaert_II" rel="nofollow">Jan Collaert (sculp.) II</a>, both famous artists from the late 16th century in Antwerp.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542949[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the text under the engraving:</p><p><br /></p><p>ET PEPERIT FILIVM SVVM PRIMOGENITVM, ET PANNIS EVM INVOLVIT, ET RECLINAVIT EVM IN PRÆSEPIO. LVC. II.</p><p>&quot;And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. (Luke II)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The engraving comes from a book called &quot;<a href="https://books.google.nl/books/about/Den_schadt_der_catholicker_sermoonen.html?id=bZZMAAAAcAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.nl/books/about/Den_schadt_der_catholicker_sermoonen.html?id=bZZMAAAAcAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow">Den Schadt der Catholycke Sermoonen</a> (1597)&quot; (Treasure of Catholic Sermons) written by Martinus Baccius.</p><p><br /></p><p>I made my Christmas card this year with this engraving as basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542950[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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