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A warm and tender image of an older man with a robe bearing stars and a giant gold key on his lab holds a book aloft. He gestures as he reads to a child in a pink dress who stands in front of a rocking cradle with her doll in it. In the meantime, an anfel has a basket of toys and three more angels observe from the sky.
The reference is a little unclear, but it seems to be drawing a connection between the gift giving of St. Nicholas to children as being elevated beyond the secular realm of elves to a holy act in the realm of angels, in the image of God. (Befitting a saint?)
Bright colors with a subtle gilt layer, and embossed. Posted c.1910.
