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Charity

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The composition divided diagonally in half from upper left to lower right by a seated figure of Charity, who faces three-quarters to the right with a child on her lap; two others play at her feet, and one sleeps at her right side just beneath her right arm; a landscape is lightly indicated in the background.
Department of Drawings Unidentified collector's mark (verso center black ink); Charles Albert de Burlet Berlin sold (as Nicolas Poussin); to [P. & D. Colnaghi London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs (by 1929) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1965 Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
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Title: Charity
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The composition divided diagonally in half from upper left to lower right by a seated figure of Charity, who faces three-quarters to the right with a child on her lap; two others play at her feet, and one sleeps at her right side just beneath her right arm; a landscape is lightly indicated in the background.

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