Beguine Serving an Infirm Woman
Author: Schoonebeek, Adriaan, ca. 1660-1714
Image Title: Beguine Serving an Infirm Woman
Description: A Beguine of Antwerp attempts to serve an infirm woman food and drink in the latter’s home. The Beguines, as a lay religious order, were active in Northern Europe, particularly in the Low Countries in the 13th-16th centuries. Its members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take formal religious vows, and care for the sick was an integral component of this order’s vocation.
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