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The Childhood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Angel with a Cloth Full of Tools, Youth of Christ, print, album page, book illustration, An angel holds a cloth with various household objects and carpenter's tools on it, including a spinning wheel, a broom, a number of hammers and saws. On the workbench a frame with the title: de kindsheyd onses heeren Jesu Christi., printmaker: Christoffel van Sichem (II), Amsterdam, after print by Hieronymus Wierix, Antwerp, after print by Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, after drawing by Abraham Bloemaert, publisher: Pieter Jacobsz. Paets, 1617, Christoffel van Sichem (II), Hieronymus Wierix, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, Abraham Bloemaert, Pieter Jacobsz. Paets, printmaker, after print by, after drawing by, publisher, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, pastes, woodcut printed from two blocks, text in letterpress, pasted on album page, height 124 mm x width 79 mm, angels, furniture and household effects, gardening-tools., A detailed black and white woodcut shows a robed figure with flowing hair and outstretched arms occupying the upper portion, rays emanating from behind the head, and hands resting on the top edge of a framed panel. Below, the panel is surrounded by an assortment of tools and objects arranged along both sides and across the top, including a wheel, ropes, a pair of shears, a saw, a ladder, a whistle-like instrument, clamps, and other carpenter's and weaving implements. Within the central framed area there is a blank rectangular space bordered by decorative elements, and below the panel a workbench holds scattered tools and planks with additional instruments leaning against and under it. The composition uses dense linear hatching and crosshatching throughout, creating strong contrasts and detailed textures.
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