Stock Photo - Nativity Vita Deiparae Virginis Mariae (series title) Life of the Virgin Mary (series title), Mary is sitting with the Christ child on her lap in the stable in Bethlehem. Two angels kneel in worship for the Christ child holding Joseph's hand. On the left in the background the proclamation to the shepherds. Above the Holy Spirit stole as a dove, surrounded by music-making angels on the clouds. In the margin a six-line caption, in two columns, in Latin. The print is part of an album, devout Mary together with her parents, angels, and perhaps God the Father present, Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames), Jean Matheus (mentioned on object), Paris, 1590 - 1649, paper, engraving, h 103 mm × w 65 mm