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The good Samaritan

In the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan a social outcast comes to the aid of a man who has been robbed and abandoned at the roadside. Millet's painting makes a modern analogy of this moral tale, but with an added satirical twist. Rather than a victim of attack, the ailing figure on the right appears to have fallen into a drunken stupor.

Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales

The good Samaritan
Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 2477

Measurements

Height (cm): 41
Width (cm): 32.7
Height (in): 16
Width (in): 12
h(cm) frame:65.5
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:58.0
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:13.0
d(cm)

Categories

Painting Fine Art AFA Tour (Turner to Cézanne) 2009-2010 Contemporary life RELIGION AND BELIEF Realism
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