Keywords: Andreas Johann Jacob Müller - The Christ Child - Walters 37178.jpg The sleeping child lies on a sheet of white cloth partially covered by a pink cloth He is identified by the aureole of light and three stylized rays forming a halo and by the ribbon he holds which is inscribed AGN US DEI ECCE QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI MISERERE NOBIS Roman Missal Communion 3 He is surrounded by meticulously rendered flora and fauna laden with Christian symbolism The rose bushes allude to martyrdom strawberry plants to perfect righteousness violets to humility several stalks of wheat to the human nature of Christ some daisies to his innocence the butterfly to the Resurrection the goldfinch to the Passion the pair of turtle doves to purity and the swallow to the Incarnation This painting replicates a section of an unlocated picture the Virgin and Saint John accompanied by three angels adoring the Christ Child which was reproduced as a steel engraving by Wm Ridgway in a Bible published by James S Virtue London n d 1849 oil on panel cm 11 6 15 5 accession number 37 178 25563 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Inscription On back of panel A Müller pinx 1849 Düsseldorf place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license 2D Andreas Johann Jacob Müller Paintings in the Walters Art Museum 19th-century paintings of Jesus Christ as a baby 1849 paintings in the United States 19th-century oil on panel paintings in the United States 19th-century religious paintings in the United States Birds in art Paintings of Jesus Christ as a sleeping child Strawberries in art |