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Lot Essay
Please compare the present lot with a picture of the identical subject-matter in Pieter A. Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950, The Hague, 1969, ill. 14. An almost identical version of the present lot was awarded a silver medal at the Tentoonstelling van Leevende Meesters, The Hague, in 1839 (no. 246).
The scene depicts the passage in Matthew XIX, verse 13-15 when Christ says: 'Let the children come to me; do not try to stop them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. And he laid his hands on the children, and went his way.'
The scene depicts the passage in Matthew XIX, verse 13-15 when Christ says: 'Let the children come to me; do not try to stop them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. And he laid his hands on the children, and went his way.'