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Philip Galle: Frontispiece with the Last Judgment and the works of mercy.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Philip Galle  (1537–1612)  wikidata:Q1379395
 
Philip Galle
Alternative names
Philipp Galle
Description Flemish drawer, engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death 1537 Edit this at Wikidata 12 March 1612 or 29 March 1612
Location of birth/death Haarlem Antwerp
Work period from 1580 until 1612
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1580-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q1379395
 and AnonymousUnknown author
Title
Frontispiece with the Last Judgment and the works of mercy.
Description

Frontispiece of the series The seven works of mercy, which are those that tend to bodily needs. The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46) enumerates such acts -- though not this precise list -- as the reason for the salvation of the saved, and the omission of them as the reason for damnation.

  1. Feed the hungry
  2. Give drink to the thirsty
  3. Clothe the naked
  4. Shelter the homeless
  5. Visit the imprisoned
  6. Visit the sick
  7. Bury the dead
Date 1577
date QS:P571,+1577-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving
Dimensions height: 25.6 cm (10 in); width: 19.2 cm (7.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,25.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,19.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Accession number
RP-P-2000-183
Object history 2000: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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PHILIP. GAL.. - EXCUD.
References Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue.
Source/Photographer www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic

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