Allegory of Charity
A woman in a blue headscarf and red drape nurses an infant while a nude toddler clutches her skirt and another child sleeps on a stone ledge at left. A white bird with a long beak stands at lower right beside a column, all in soft, warm oil tones.
- Artist
- Francesco de Mura
- Date
- c. 1743–44
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1761 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1749).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Preston O. Morton Memorial Fund for Older Paintings
