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

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.

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