Geef ons vandaag het brood dat wij nodig hebben 1648

"Geef ons vandaag het brood dat wij nodig hebben" (Give us this day our daily bread), created by Flemish artist Albert Flamen in 1648, is a small-scale etching. The image shows a group of people kneeling in prayer before a monstrance, a sacred vessel containing the consecrated host, that is placed on a raised altar. The scene is illuminated from above, with rays of light emanating from the monstrance. The inscription below the figures, "Donnes nous au jourdhuy nostre pain quotidien," (Give us this day our daily bread) refers to the Lord's Prayer. This etching, typical of the religious prints common in the 17th century, would have been intended for private devotion and could have been part of a series of engravings illustrating the Lord's Prayer.