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Engraving of Mary with a finger to her lips beside a sleeping infant Christ, young John the Baptist with a staff at left, a lily in a pot and a landscape behind.

The Virgin Mary telling a young Saint John the Baptist to be quiet as the baby Jesus is sleeping. Engraving by E. Hainzelmann after Annibale Carracci.

An engraving shows the Virgin Mary reclining beside the sleeping infant Christ on a stone ledge, one finger raised to her lips. A young John the Baptist, holding a cross-topped staff, peers in from the lower left, while a potted lily and a hazy landscape frame the scene.

Artist
Annibale Carracci
Date
[between 1665 and 1675?]
Medium
Intaglio prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3276 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1685.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: La Virgen María pidiendo silencio a san Juan Bautista junto al Niño Jesús dormido

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