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Peter Paul Rubens
Charity Enlightening the World, ca. 1627-28
Oil on panel, 36.8 x 29.4 cm
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Museum Purchase, acc. no. AC 1961.142
Catalog Entry by Peter C. Sutton
Wearing a red bodice that exposes one breast
and a gray skirt, Charity is seated with three
small children. One lies in her lap, another in blue drapery clings to her thigh, while the third
is led by Charity's guiding hand toward a sphere that she illuminates with a torch...
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