Painted street scene with travelers and townspeople at a doorway beside pink gabled houses, a small towered building in the upper left.

The Seven Works of Mercy: 5, Sheltering the Travelers

A tall panel showing a late medieval Netherlandish street scene: a red-cloaked traveler and a man in a blue robe stand before a doorway where a woman in a white headdress welcomes a visitor. Pink gabled houses and a small towered building rise behind the crowd, with a figure in the upper left.

Artist: Master of Alkmaar
Date: 1504
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2293 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1504.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

16th century renaissance netherlandish painting 1500s 1504 oil on panel master of alkmaar gabled houses seven works of mercy hospitality