Ransoming or Visiting the Captives

Delivering or visiting prisoners as the fourth of the works of mercy. The composition is framed in an architectural border with an arch. Above it, in a cartouche, the title. In the foreground, prisoners sit in a block; they are visited by several citizens who offer them food. On the second plane, on the right, Paul and Silas in the prison in Philippi; on the left, Peter is freed from prison by an angel. In the border, on the left, Jeremiah with text from Jeremiah 21; on the right, a king from the Old Testament with text from Ecclesiastes 4. In the four outermost corners, scenes from the Old and New Testament concerning prisoners: Abraham and Melchizedek; David and the Amalekites; Daniel in the lion's den; Tobias. With explanatory texts from the Old and New Testament. Below the composition, four lines of Latin. This print is part of a series of prints on the works of mercy (consisting of a title page and seven numbered prints).