The newly-born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; Bacchus waits by the bath. Etching by J. Audran.

  • Audran, Jean, 1667-1756
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Bible. O.T. Solomon's Song 2.13. The full verse from the Song of Solomon is "The fig tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away". The tree is the Tree of Jesse which sprouts the 'virga' (branch), linguistically connected with the Virgin, who in turn bears Christ, symbolised by the vine (John 15.1-17). The beloved of the Song of Solomon is often connected to Mary

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1 print : etching

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Vineae florentes dederunt odorem suum, surge amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni. Cantic. c. 2 v. 13.

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Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, tome premier, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1939, possibly p. 170, Karl Audran no. 4 ("4. [Nativité de la S. Vierge.] Le Blanc, 5; Audin et Vial, p. 32. Attr. par Mariette.")

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Wellcome Collection 21793i

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