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Happy are Those Who Feed the Hungry
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Happy are Those Who Feed the Hungry

PortfolioSeven Works of Mercy
Datepublished c. 1784-1814
MediumEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 370 x 461 mm. (14 9/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Plate: 268 x 349 mm. (10 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGarrett Collection
Object number1984.81.3335
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Just look where they squeezed in my painting. - I say, my friend... you are not happy?.... you should be more than satisfied since they are hanging higher than those by Meissonnier!
Just look where they squeezed in my painting. - I say, my friend... you are not happy?.... you should be more than satisfied since they are hanging higher than those by Meissonnier!
1859
Image Not Available for Go Before Those Who are Thirsty and Bring Them Water
Go Before Those Who are Thirsty and Bring Them Water
published c. 1784-1814
Image Not Available for Bring into your House the Poor and Those who are Cast Out
Bring into your House the Poor and Those who are Cast Out
published c. 1784-1814
Image Not Available for Remember those who are Imprisoned, as if you were Imprisoned with Them
Remember those who are Imprisoned, as if you were Imprisoned with Them
published c. 1784-1814
Image Not Available for A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
1837
Image Not Available for The World Lets Those Die Who Love It and Are Too Much Attached to It
The World Lets Those Die Who Love It and Are Too Much Attached to It
1580
Image Not Available for The Goods of the World are Useful Only to Those Who Know How to Use Them
The Goods of the World are Useful Only to Those Who Know How to Use Them
1580
Image Not Available for Those Who are Heaped with Favors Always Desire More
Those Who are Heaped with Favors Always Desire More
1580
Image Not Available for The World Shipwrecks Those Who Rely on It
The World Shipwrecks Those Who Rely on It
1580
Image Not Available for ...we lost...for those who bear/bare witness
...we lost...for those who bear/bare witness
2018
Image Not Available for How appetising it is for those who have begun
How appetising it is for those who have begun
1838
Image Not Available for Taking the oath of a new member of the Philanthropic Society of the 10th of December. I swear to beat up all those Parisians who refuse to shout along with me: Long live the Emperor!
Taking the oath of a new member of the Philanthropic Society of the 10th of December. I swear to beat up all those Parisians who refuse to shout along with me: Long live the Emperor!
1850