Christ Blessing the Children

Christ Blessing the Children

SK-C-1579

Christus zegent de kinderen die door hun moeders bij hem worden gebracht. Achter Christus kijken de discipelen toe, rechts op de voorgrond zitten enkele schriftgeleerden.

painter: anonymous, Southern Netherlands

c. 1570

oil on panel

• height 62.7 cm x width 51.7 cm x thickness 0.8 cm
• depth 2 cm

On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

Public domain

…; donated to the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap by the heirs of mr. Adrianus Daniël de Vries Azn. (1851-84), 1884;{van Thiel 1995, p. 62.} on loan to the museum from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap since 1974

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