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Four Regents and the ‘House Father’ of the Amsterdam Lepers’ Asylum
The men wearing hats are the regents, or buitenvaders, of the Amsterdam Lepers’ Asylum, which cared for people suffering from leprosy and other ailments. The bare-headed man at left is the binnenvader, or house father, charged with the daily running of the asylum. The relief behind the group illustrates an appropriate biblical scene: dogs licking the sores of Lazarus, a beggar afflicted with lepro…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46A61
- http://iconclass.org/73C852
- Leprozenhuis (Amsterdam)
- Sem, Sieuwerd Pieterszoon
- Bronckhorst, Hendrick van
- Roeters, Ernst
- Vlack, Dirck
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46A61
- http://iconclass.org/73C852
- Leprozenhuis (Amsterdam)
- Sem, Sieuwerd Pieterszoon
- Bronckhorst, Hendrick van
- Roeters, Ernst
- Vlack, Dirck
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1624
- 1624
Place-Time
- first quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5628
- SK-C-417
Extent
- height 134 cm
- width 209 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1624
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:18:12.979Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:24.523Z