The Quality of Mercy: Representations of Charity in Early Netherlandish Art

• Autores: Larry Silver, Henry Luttikhuizen
• Localización: Studies in iconography, ISSN 0148-1029, Nº. 29, 2008, págs. 216-248
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The writers examine representations of charity in Netherlandish art during the 16th century, beginning with a dated and documented work from a hospital in Alkmaar and ending with the variety of images concerning begging and charity by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in Antwerp. They demonstrate that although social order and discipline became increasingly powerful assumptions of organized, municipal poor relief, traditional religious values, shared by both Catholics and Protestants, continued to underlie that newly reorganized assistance.