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Visiting the Sick

Michiel Sweertsca. 1646 - ca. 1649

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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.

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  • Title: Visiting the Sick
  • Creator: Sweerts, Michael
  • Date Created: ca. 1646 - ca. 1649
  • Physical Dimensions: doek
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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