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Allegory and chronogram on the first distribution of bread by the Roman Catholic Old-Armen's Office in Amsterdam, 5 December 1787
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Allegory on the aid provided to Catholic poor in Amsterdam, 5 December 1787. Mildness sits on a throne with the Amsterdam coat of arms and a cornucopia in her arms, before her grateful Catholic man, woman and child; two putti view a sheet with a representation of the Roman Catholic Old People's Office at Keizersgracht 384. In the sky the All-Seeing Eye. In the inscription a time verse on 1787.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie en chronogram op de eerste bedeling van brood door het rooms-katholieke Oude-Armenkantoor te Amsterdam, 5 december 1787. 1787. Noach van der Meer (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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