The Christ Child enthroned as a king in the palace of the believer's heart, venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.

[Antwerp] : Anton. Wierix, [1600?]

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 7.8 x 5.7 cm.

Quis hic vultum non serenet? Iesus ecce sceptra tenet cordis in palatio. Iesu tantum ora pandas, manda quod vis, da quod mandas; adsumus obsequio. Anton Wierx fecit et excud. Translation of lettering: Who would not here have a serene expression? Behold Jesus holds the sceptre in the palace of the heart. Jesus, just open your mouth, order what you want, give what you order: we are present to obey

M. Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Les estampes des Wierix, Vol 1, Brussels 1978, nos. 437

Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, vol. LXI, The Wierix Family: part III, compiled by Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Rotterdam 2003, no. 461

Eugenio Monegon, 'Jesuit emblematica in China: the circulation of allegorical images in late Ming Fujian, according to Chinese and Western sources', Monumenta serica, 2007

Wellcome Collection 31747i

In the seventeenth century the prints in this series (Cor Jesu amanti sacrum) were used in catechisms by Jesuit preachers in Fujian, China: E. Menegon, op. cit.