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The good Samaritan
MILLET, Jean-François
(Artist)
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.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2477
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/4/1952
Measurements
Height
(cm): 41
Width
(cm): 32.7
Height
(in): 16 1/8
Width
(in): 12 7/8
Material
Oil
Canvas
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