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Charity
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Charity

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1552 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Personification of Charity. Woman with child on her left arm, in her right hand a banner with thereon an image of a dog. Top right a coat of arms with the lioness breathing life into her dead cub, on top a lamb. Below the image a two-line text in Latin. Sixth print from a series of seven.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineNaastenliefde. 1552. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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