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Self-Portrait

The Seven Works of Mercy

From the series One hundred masterpieces
The Seven Works of Mercy Master of Alkmaar (active 1490–1510), Alkmaar, 1504, oil on panel

As a good Christian, how do you help the needy? These seven panels show you how.
Christ also appears in them a few times. Can you see where?

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