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The Good Samaritan tends to the wounded traveler
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The Good Samaritan tends to the wounded traveler

Georg Pencz · 1543 · engraving; paper

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

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A Samaritan cares for a traveler robbed by bandits on the road. To the right walk a Levite and a priest who have not offered help to the wounded man. In the background on the left the Samaritan comes with the traveler to an inn where he arranges shelter for him.

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Credit lineBarmhartige Samaritaan verzorgt gewonde reiziger. 1543. Georg Pencz. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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