De kindsheyd onses heeren Iesu Christi 1617

Christoffel van (II) Sichem's *De kindsheyd onses heeren Iesu Christi* is an etching from 1617. The artwork is a title page illustration for a book about the childhood of Jesus, depicting an angel holding up a banner featuring the title of the book. The banner is surrounded by carpentry tools, a common symbol of Jesus's earthly profession as a carpenter. This work is a fine example of the artist's skill in depicting detail and incorporating symbolic imagery, which was popular in 17th-century Dutch art.