Gaspar de Crayer - Roman Charity [1620-30]

Gaspar de Crayer - Roman Charity [1620-30], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Gaspar de Crayer (Antwerp, November 18, 1582 - Ghent, January 27, 1669) was a Flemish painter. Crayer was one of the most productive yet one of the most conscientious artists of the later Flemish school, second to Rubens in vigour and below Van Dyck in refinement, but nearly equalling both in most of the essentials of painting. His pictures abound in the churches and museums of Brussels and Ghent; and there is scarcely a country chapel in Flanders or Brabant that cannot offer one or more of his canvases.

[Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 198 x 144 cm]