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Feeding the Hungry
In the Catholic Church, the ‘Seven Works of Mercy’ served as a guiding principle for acts of human kindness. They are based on Christ’s teachings, as described in the Gospel of Matthew. Sweerts painted his series of – four of which four pictures are in the Rijksmuseum – while in Rome. His humble street scenes depict the
poorest of the poor with penetrating insight.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/11V1
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/11V1
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1646 - 1649
- 1646/1649
- 1646/1649
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5544
- SK-A-2845
Extent
- height 75 cm
- width 99 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:47.100Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:40.762Z