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Feeding the Hungry
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the Catholic Church, the ‘Seven Works of Mercy’ served as a guiding principle for acts of human kindness. They are based on Christ’s teachings, as described in the Gospel of Matthew. Sweerts painted his series of – four of which four pictures are in the Rijksmuseum – while in Rome. His humble street scenes depict the poorest of the poor with penetrating insight.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe hongerigen spijzen. 1646 - 1649. Michael Sweerts. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
