In the mid-nineteenth century, stanhopes, called “bijoux photo-microscopiques,” came on the market: convex miniature lenses with microphotographs glued to the back of them. The lenses were mounted in numerous items in everyday use. Stanhopes like this one, which is inlaid in a needle holder shaped like a hand closed into a handle, must be held close to the eye in order to be viewed. The motifs of the microphotographs were portraits, popular artworks, erotica, or tourist attractions. The microphotograph in this needle holder shows the picture Sacré Coeur de Marie from the workshop of the printer and lithographer Jean Frédéric Wentzel (1807–1869). The image, painted in the Nazarene style, is a prime example of devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The serpent that winds around the handle of the needle holder is a reminder of the tree of knowledge—the hand that clasps the microphotograph could represent the hand of Eve, who picked the apple from this tree. In Christian iconography, Mary is considered the new Eve, who overcomes original sin through the birth of Christ. Through the salvation of Mary, the evil that was brought upon mankind through Eve and the serpent in the garden of Eden is finally abolished.