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The Sick Child
In 1663 the plague raged throughout Amsterdam, killing one in ten citizens. Dating from around this time is Metsu’s poignant portrayal of a sick child, rendered in powerful, bright colours against a grey background.
The scene is reminiscent of a pieta, a representation of the Virgin Mary holding her son’s dead body in her lap. The painting of the Crucifixion on the back wall also recalls Christ’s …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/49G2
- http://iconclass.org/42B7421
- http://iconclass.org/48C514
- http://iconclass.org/73D64
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/49G2
- http://iconclass.org/42B7421
- http://iconclass.org/48C514
- http://iconclass.org/73D64
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
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
- c.1664 - c.1666
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.9084
- SK-A-3059
Extent
- height 32.2 cm
- width 27.2 cm
- height 50.5 cm
- width 56 cm
- thickness 7 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
- 2014-05-27T20:15:12.084Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:42.900Z