Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
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The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.

Antonie Wierix

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Translation of lettering: In vain the North wind threatens, in vain the thunder runs wild, in vain the sea foams: while in the heart the betrothed has spread his bed and gone to sleep, the bride elect smiles in safety. Frustra Boreas minatur, frustra fulmen debacchatur, frustra spumant caerula: dum in corde lectum stravit, atque sponsus dormitavit, tuta ridet sponsula. Anton Wierx fecit et excud.

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