# Charity

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COUSIN, Jean the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cousin-jean-the-elder-rb371e506375d27>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood

## Commentary

The allegory of Charity presented the painter with the opportunity to celebrate both the beauty of the female body and the tenderness of maternal love.

## Related artworks

- [Eva Prima Pandora](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cousin-jean-the-elder-rb371e506375d27/eva-prima-pandora-rad708083aa568a>)
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- [The Rape of Europa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cousin-jean-the-elder-rb371e506375d27/the-rape-of-europa-r85697a3f222742>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)