Visiting the Sick 1646
by Michael Sweerts
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.
- Credit:
- Courtesy of Rijksmuseum
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