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Charity with Four Children is a sculpture by the 17th century Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is housed in the Vatican Museum of Rome.
The small sculpture in terracotta represents Charity breast-feeding a child, with three other children playing.
There is an imprint of the artist's thumbprint in the clay.
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Charity with Four Children (Bernini)
- Charity with Four Children (Bernini)
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Charity with Four Children is a sculpture by the 17th century Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is housed in the Vatican Museum of Rome.
The small sculpture in terracotta represents Charity breast-feeding a child, with three other children playing.
There is an imprint of the artist's thumbprint in the clay.
This sculpture article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.