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Feeding the Poor at the Monastery Staircase
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The feeding of the poor belongs to the Seven Works of Mercy and often stands in the foreground in depictions of this theological theme (cf. Inv. 1142). De Bloot treated the theme several times. Compare, for example, his signed painting in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Inv. 1067) with the Feeding of the Hungry at a monastery door (RKD Online Database, Artwork No.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineArmenspeisung an der Klostertreppe. 1620–1658. Pieter de Bloot (1601–1658). Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung der Prof. J.J. Bachofen-Burckhardt-Stiftung. Public domain.
