
Michael SweertsPaesi Bassi, 1618–1664Si può ammirare?
Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
Il proprietario è noto; non si sa se oggi sia esposta.
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