Against a landscape, a pale-skinned man walking hunched over as he carries a large bundle like pillows wrapped in a blanket on his back nearly fills this vertical painting. Close to us, the man walks to our right with his head down and his eyes closed or downcast under straight, furrowed brows. He has a wide, prominent nose, a brown beard, and close-cropped hair. With muscled forearms arms raised overhead, he clutches the forest-green cloth tied around the bundle, which has cloth with dark green stripes against cream white. The man wears a red, waist-length tunic over an ankle-length, bright…
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The Healing of the Paralytic

painter Netherlandish 16th Century

c. 1560/1590

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 107.8 x 76 cm (42 7/16 x 29 15/16 in.) ; framed: 136.5 x 109.8 cm (53 3/4 x 43 1/4 in.)
Culture
Netherlandish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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