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Visiting the Sick
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Helpful visitors enter the home of a poor family to minister to the sick. Seated next to a bed, a doctor points his finger upward, as though to say that only God holds man’s fate in his hands. Standing by the side of an old woman is a child, who gazes imploringly at the viewer.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe zieken bezoeken. c. 1646 - c. 1649. Michael Sweerts. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
