Engraving of a laurel-crowned woman holding a naked child on her hip, another child at her skirt, and a seated dog at right, with CARITAS written in the margin.

Charity (Caritas), from Knowledge and the Seven Virtues

A small black-and-white engraving shows a laurel-crowned woman in a flowing robe holding a nude child on her hip while another child clings to her skirt and a dog sits at right. The word CARITAS runs down the right margin, with the monogram HSB at upper left.

Artist: Hans Sebald Beham (mentioned on object)
Date: 1539
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2616 × 3876 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1539.
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

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