
Michael SweertsHolland, 1618–1664Må man se det?
Amsterdam, Holland
Ejeren er kendt; om værket er udstillet i dag, vides ikke.
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