Rijksmuseum

De hongerigen spijzen

Date

1646 - 1649

Medium

canvas, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

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.

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