 It was in May 1799, the eleventh month of his tour, that he encountered the print in a village inn.His diary records that it was either Womarshausen or Giebaldhausen, both Roman Catholic villages in the vicinity of Mainz.The print itself was of Dutch origin, from a book entitled "Jesu Christi Dei Domini Salvatoris nostra Infantia" ("The Infancy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ"), a collection of prints and accompanying verse by Flemish engraver Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619).