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Background imageDestitution Collection: Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773. Artist: Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo (1708-1787)

Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773. Artist: Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo (1708-1787)
Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Cotton Famine: dwellings of Manchester operatives, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Cotton Famine: dwellings of Manchester operatives, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: dwellings of Manchester operatives, 1862. Starvation and destitution among unemployed Lancashire textiles workers. No

Background imageDestitution Collection: Ripley's Hospital, Lancaster, for orphans and destitute children, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Ripley's Hospital, Lancaster, for orphans and destitute children, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ripley's Hospital, Lancaster, for orphans and destitute children, 1864. School founded by Mrs. Julia Ripley in memory of her husband, Thomas Ripley, a merchant of Liverpool

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1628. Creator: Guercino (1591-1666)

The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1628. Creator: Guercino (1591-1666)
The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1628. Found in the collection of the Galleria Borghese, Rome

Background imageDestitution Collection: Two beggars, ca 1730. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)

Two beggars, ca 1730. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)
Two beggars, ca 1730. Found in the Collection of the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia

Background imageDestitution Collection: Two poor people in a wood (The meeting in the wood), ca 1730

Two poor people in a wood (The meeting in the wood), ca 1730. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)
Two poor people in a wood (The meeting in the wood), ca 1730. Found in the Collection of the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Destitute in pea picker's camp, Nipomo, California

Background imageDestitution Collection: Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration, Holtville, California, 1937

Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration, Holtville, California, 1937
Family of four to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. "They won't go until they get so hungry that there's nothing else for them to do

Background imageDestitution Collection: Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageDestitution Collection: Scene along 'Skid Row', Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Scene along "Skid Row", Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Scene along "Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Background imageDestitution Collection: Two families, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Two families, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two families, fifteen people, from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, camped by the roadside near Santa Maria, California. Heading for the pea harvest but stalled because they have no money to buy a trailer's

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, alongside the road, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies

Background imageDestitution Collection: Oklahoma migrant, Texas. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade

Background imageDestitution Collection: Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, Nipomo, California, 1936

Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California

Background imageDestitution Collection: This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

This family...about to be returned to Oklahoma...Neideffer Camp, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This family without food and work about to be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. They have lost a baby as a result of exposure during the winter

Background imageDestitution Collection: Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA... Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Background imageDestitution Collection: Tent housing a family, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tent housing a family, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. Imperial County, California

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Return of the Prodigal Son, Mid of the 18th century

The Return of the Prodigal Son, Mid of the 18th century. Found in the Collection of State Open-air Museum Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg

Background imageDestitution Collection: Last Judgment, the Seven Works of Mercy, and the Seven Deadly Sins, c. 1490-1499

Last Judgment, the Seven Works of Mercy, and the Seven Deadly Sins, c. 1490-1499. Found in the Collection of Maagdenhuismuseum, Antwerp

Background imageDestitution Collection: Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century. Artist: Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna

Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century. Artist: Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna
Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century

Background imageDestitution Collection: Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant agricultural worker's family, Nipomo, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven hungry children. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is native Californian. Nipomo, California

Background imageDestitution Collection: Poor People (Les pauvres gens), 1914. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

Poor People (Les pauvres gens), 1914. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Poor People (Les pauvres gens), 1914

Background imageDestitution Collection: Charity, 1865 (also known as The Indigent Family ). Creator: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Charity, 1865 (also known as The Indigent Family ). Creator: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Charity, 1865 (also known as The Indigent Family )

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Seven Works of Mercy, 1637. Creator: Teniers, David, the Elder (1582-1649)

The Seven Works of Mercy, 1637. Creator: Teniers, David, the Elder (1582-1649)
The Seven Works of Mercy, 1637. Found in the collection of Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly, Lier

Background imageDestitution Collection: Caritas. Creator: Amerling, Friedrich Ritter von (1803-1887)

Caritas. Creator: Amerling, Friedrich Ritter von (1803-1887)
Caritas. Private Collection

Background imageDestitution Collection: The prodigal son, 1618. Creator: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)

The prodigal son, 1618. Creator: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
The prodigal son, 1618. Found in the Collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Background imageDestitution Collection: Charity, 1535. Creator: Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)

Charity, 1535. Creator: Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)
Charity, 1535. Found in the Collection of Nivaagaards Malerisamling

Background imageDestitution Collection: To Visit the Sick (Seven Works of Mercy), c. 1620. Creator: Francken, Frans, the Younger

To Visit the Sick (Seven Works of Mercy), c. 1620. Creator: Francken, Frans, the Younger
To Visit the Sick (Seven Works of Mercy), c. 1620. Found in the Collection of Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Parable of the prodigal son. Creator: Pourbus, Frans, the Elder (1546-1581)

The Parable of the prodigal son. Creator: Pourbus, Frans, the Elder (1546-1581)
The Parable of the prodigal son. Found in the Collection of Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Charity, 16th century

The Charity, 16th century. Found in the Collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Charity, c. 1550

The Charity, c. 1550. Found in the Collection of Muse e Jeanne d Aboville

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Empress Elisabeth of Austria visits a soup kitchen in the Schonlaterngasse, 1875

The Empress Elisabeth of Austria visits a soup kitchen in the Schonlaterngasse, 1875
The Empress Elisabeth of Austria visits a soup kitchen in the Scho nlaterngasse, 1875. Found in the Collection of Vienna Museum

Background imageDestitution Collection: A Noble Family Distributing Alms in a Park, 1793

A Noble Family Distributing Alms in a Park, 1793. Found in the Collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Background imageDestitution Collection: The prodigal son

The prodigal son. Found in the Collection of Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Seven Works of Mercy, 1607

The Seven Works of Mercy, 1607. Found in the collection of Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Background imageDestitution Collection: To Visit the Sick

To Visit the Sick. Found in the Collection of Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Background imageDestitution Collection: Charity

Charity. Found in the Collection of National Gallery, London

Background imageDestitution Collection: Charity, ca 1555. Artist: Sellaer, Vincent (1490-1564)

Charity, ca 1555. Artist: Sellaer, Vincent (1490-1564)
Charity, ca 1555. Found in the collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid

Background imageDestitution Collection: Clothing the Naked. Artist: Master of St. Gudule (active End of 15th cen. )

Clothing the Naked. Artist: Master of St. Gudule (active End of 15th cen. )
Clothing the Naked. Found in the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Peddler (The Haywain Triptych, reverse). Artist: Bosch, Hieronymus (c. 1450-1516)

The Peddler (The Haywain Triptych, reverse). Artist: Bosch, Hieronymus (c. 1450-1516)
The Peddler (The Haywain Triptych, reverse). Found in the collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Peddler (The Parable of the prodigal Son). Artist: Bosch, Hieronymus (c. 1450-1516)

The Peddler (The Parable of the prodigal Son). Artist: Bosch, Hieronymus (c. 1450-1516)
The Peddler (The Parable of the prodigal Son). Found in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Background imageDestitution Collection: Charity, ca 1537. Artist: Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)

Charity, ca 1537. Artist: Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)
Charity, ca 1537. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Background imageDestitution Collection: The Four Elements: Air. A Poultry Market with the Prodigal Son in the Background, 1569

The Four Elements: Air. A Poultry Market with the Prodigal Son in the Background, 1569. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London



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