The Infant Jesus of Prague is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victo
Infant Jesus wearing his ordinary green vestment along with his present canonical crown
The Church of Our Lady Victorious, in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic
A German copy of the statue, with a white wig instead of the traditional blonde or reddish-brown hair, circa 1870
The vicariate replica copy of the Infant Jesus of Prague in its bare format
The stoat, also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North America. Because of its wide circumpolar distribution, it is listed
Infant Jesus of Prague
…are those from Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, which are preserved to this day. A notable garment in the collection is an ermine cloak placed on the statue the first Sunday after Easter, which is the anniversary day of the coronation of the statue by the Archbishop of Prague Ernst…
Stoat (left) and least weasel (right) pelts—note the stoat's larger size and black tail-tip