A Seated Personification of Charity with two Children

1539–91

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and black ink
Dimensions: sheet: 2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in. (7.1 x 5.4 cm)
Collection no.: 2007.223.9
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jost Amman. A Seated Personification of Charity with two Children. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Seated Personification of Charity with two Children — Jost Amman. 1539–91.

Medium: Pen and black ink. Dimensions: sheet: 2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in. (7.1 x 5.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2007.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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