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A Mother Devours Her Child
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Mary, a Jewish woman from Jerusalem, kills her child and eats part of it due to famine. She screams at the soldiers that they must eat the remainder.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEen moeder verslindt haar kind. 1804. Ludwig Gottlieb Portman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
