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The host is administered to the sick, 2
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The priest administers the sacrament of the dying to the dying man in bed. Around the bed kneel onlookers, on the left a table with burning candles. Print no. 2 from the series of 16 scenes of The Miracle of Amsterdam, based on the events of 15 March 1345. Copies after the series by Bolswert. Below the scene in the plate engraved a six-line verse in Latin, below that a six-line verse in book print in Dutch.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe hostie wordt aan de zieke toegediend, 2. 1639 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
