Compassionate Collection

The Sacred Heart of Jesus, 19th Century (colour litho)
942919 The Sacred Heart of Jesus, 19th Century (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chinese Budai: God of Contentment in Asia, Early Twentieth Century (engraved)
7485457 Chinese Budai: God of Contentment in Asia, Early Twentieth Century (engraved); (add.info.: Chinese Budai (Bu-Tai): god of contentment in Asia

Gypsy caravan (colour litho)
8635287 Gypsy caravan (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gypsy caravan. Illustration from Kindness to Animals Painting Book (Dean & Son Ltd)

Boy Presenting a Flower to a Lame Girl (engraving)
8639625 Boy Presenting a Flower to a Lame Girl (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy Presenting a Flower to a Lame Girl)

Girl sheltering a calf from the rain (colour litho)
8664200 Girl sheltering a calf from the rain (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl sheltering a calf from the rain)

The Germans before Paris, how the compassionate German soldiers draped the statuary at St Cloud (engraving)
8643284 The Germans before Paris, how the compassionate German soldiers draped the statuary at St Cloud (engraving) by English School

Helping Grannie (colour litho)
8641609 Helping Grannie (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Helping Grannie. Illustration for The Prize, 1888.); © Look and Learn.

Children of the rich in London entertaining disabled children in hospital (litho)
8672125 Children of the rich in London entertaining disabled children in hospital (litho) by Flere, H. H. (19th-20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Children protecting their pet dog from the hot sun (colour litho)
8635291 Children protecting their pet dog from the hot sun (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children protecting their pet dog from the hot sun)

Girl milking cows (colour litho)
8635290 Girl milking cows (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl milking cows)

Girl feeding; ducks and geese (colour litho)
8635292 Girl feeding; ducks and geese (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl feeding; ducks and geese)

Children feeding goats (colour litho)
8635288 Children feeding goats (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children feeding goats)

Girl with a cat and dog (colour litho)
8635284 Girl with a cat and dog (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl with a cat and dog)

St Genevieve brings Supplies to Paris (litho)
8661250 St Genevieve brings Supplies to Paris (litho) by Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Genevieve brings Supplies to Paris)

Children watching a cat and a dog drinking from a bowl of water (colour litho)
8635293 Children watching a cat and a dog drinking from a bowl of water (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The cut finger (colour litho)
8641612 The cut finger (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cut finger. Illustration for The Prize, 1888.); © Look and Learn.

Boy gives charity
3479530 Boy gives charity; (add.info.: Charity, late 18th century boy gives charity to mother and child beggars.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

"After the Battle", by P. H. Calderon, A.R.A., 1864. Creator: W Thomas. "After the Battle", by P
"After the Battle", by P. H. Calderon, A.R.A., 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'A battle has raged in and around a Flemish village; the English have been victorious

French succoring wounded German, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French succoring wounded German, 1914. French Moroccan soldiers, between Villeroy and Neufmoutiers, France, caring for a wounded German soldier during World War I.

Vajradhara with Mahasiddhas, c1400. Creator: Unknown
Vajradhara with Mahasiddhas, c1400. Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha, is considered to be the original teacher of the tantric Buddhist (Vajrayana) teachings

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest), 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest), 1920-1940

St Martin and the Beggar, 17th century. Creator: Michelangelo Cerquozzi
St Martin and the Beggar, 17th century. Martin is dressed in a blue garment and a red cloak, which is already divided into two pieces

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, mid-16th century. Creator: Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, mid-16th century

Illustration for Uprightness and Hypocrisy, 1793. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Uprightness and Hypocrisy, 1793. From almanac: Pocket Calender of Gotting for the year 1794

Illustration for Uprightness and Hypocrisy, 1793. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Uprightness and Hypocrisy, 1793. From almanac: Pocket Calender of Gotting for the year 1794

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Tending the Sick in Marburg, Death of St Elizabeth, inner right wing of an altarpiece made for the Grote Kerk in Dordrecht, c.1490-c.1495

Christ blessing little Children. Suffer Little Children to Come unto me, 1660-1669. Creator: Jacob Jordaens
Christ blessing little Children. Suffer Little Children to Come unto me, 1660-1669

The Good Samaritan, 1537. Creator: Master of the Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan, 1537. A traveller going to Jericho from Jerusalem was robbed and left for dead by thieves. The robbers can still be seen: they appear as tiny figures, one carrying a large sword

The continence of Scipio, 1672. Creator: Joan van Noort
The continence of Scipio, 1672. The Roman general Scipio Africanus refuses to accept a ransom for a young female prisoner, returning her to her fiance Allucius

The Ascent to Calvary. The Bearing of the Cross, 1634. Creator: Peter Paul Rubens
The Ascent to Calvary. The Bearing of the Cross, 1634. (Christ falls, and St Veronica mops his brow)

Schroder, E.A. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Schroder, E.A. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1916

a Ostende des Belges consacrent d'infinies precautions au transport d'un blesse allemand, 1914
'Deux Cultures; Et tandis que, dans la Belgique envahie, la culture allemande s'epanouit de la sorte, a Ostende des Belges consacrent d'infinies precautions au transport d'un blesse

The Good Samaritan - sketch, 1878. Creator: Aime Morot
The Good Samaritan - sketch, 1878. The parable of the good Samaritan from the Gospel according to Saint Luke. The Samaritan rescues an injured man who has been attacked and left for dead

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : Laissez venir à moi les petits enfants. 1862
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : Laissez venir a moi les petits enfants. 1862. Sketch for painting intended for the Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile church

Le Bon Samaritain, 1880. Creator: Aime Morot
Le Bon Samaritain, 1880. The parable of the good Samaritan from the Gospel according to Saint Luke. The Samaritan rescues an injured man who has been attacked and left for dead

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs : Le Christ Rédempteur, Le Christ... c.1877
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs : Le Christ Redempteur, Le Christ appelle a lui les affliges, c.1877. Christ the Redeemer; Christ calls the afflicted to him

Sketch for the church of Saint-Sulpice : St Genevieve distributing bread...between 1860 and 1864
Sketch for the church of Saint-Sulpice : St Genevieve distributing bread to the poor during the Siege of Paris, between 1860 and 1864

Esquisse pour l'église Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept oeuvres de miséricorde, between 1844 and 1848
Esquisse pour l'eglise Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept oeuvres de misericorde, between 1844 and 1848. Sketch for the Church of St Elizabeth - the Seven Works of Mercy

Portrait of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), c1660. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), c1660

Esquisses pour les églises Saint-Gervais et Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : La Prudence... c.1843-1868
Esquisses pour les eglises Saint-Gervais et Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile : La Prudence - La Justice - La Force - La Temperance - Les sept oeuvres de misericorde, between 1843 and 1868

Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Laughter, Weeping, Compassion, Sadness), from Encyclop... 1762/77. Creator: A. J
Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Laughter, Weeping, Compassion, Sadness), from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Painted Banner (Thangka) of the Avalokiteshvara Incarnation of the Rain God Rato... 18th/19th cent. Creator: Unknown
Painted Banner (Thangka) of the Avalokiteshvara Incarnation of the Rain God Rato Matsyendranatha, 18th/19th century

Compassion, after 1698. Creator: Eduardus Jacobus
Compassion, after 1698

A Good Deed, from Les Modes Parisiennes, c.1860 (coloured engraving)
XIR220336 A Good Deed, from Les Modes Parisiennes, c.1860 (coloured engraving) by Compte-Calix, Francois Claudius (1813-80); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Water-moon Avalokiteshvara, first half of the 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Water-moon Avalokiteshvara, first half of the 14th century. Goryeo dynasty (918-1392)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Dispensing Boons... early 12th century. Creator: Mahavihara Master
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Dispensing Boons: Folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript, early 12th century. Avalokiteshvara, bodhisattva of compassion

A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

Christ and the Adulteress, 1575-1635. Creator: Domenico Tintoretto
Christ and the Adulteress, 1575-1635. Earlier ascribed to Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594)

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Compassionate: A Glimpse into the Heart of Humanity In a world often plagued by indifference, acts of compassion shine like beacons, reminding us of the inherent goodness within humanity. From ancient artworks to timeless parables, the essence of compassion transcends time and culture. "Study For The Flight From Belgium" captures the empathy felt towards those fleeing conflict, as brushstrokes depict faces filled with concern and care. Similarly, in "Figure of the bodhisattva Guanyin, " a wooden sculpture from the Northern Song Dynasty, we witness an embodiment of mercy and compassion. Art continues to portray compassionate acts throughout history. "Charity, " painted on wood, portrays individuals extending their hands to help those in need. In "Christian charity, " an oil painting from 1610, selflessness is depicted through scenes that embody love for one's fellow human beings. "The Mercy of Alexander" showcases how even great conquerors can possess benevolence amidst power. This 17th-century oil painting reminds us that true strength lies not only in physical might but also in showing kindness towards others. Religious depictions further emphasize compassion's significance across faiths. "The Sacred Heart of Jesus, " a lithograph from the 19th century, symbolizes divine love extended unconditionally to all mankind. Meanwhile, "Water-moon Avalokiteshvara" portrays a Buddhist deity who listens attentively to alleviate suffering. Beyond artistry lies storytelling; parables convey moral lessons rooted in empathy. William Hogarth's series titled "A Rake's Progress - 8: The Mad House" warns against neglecting our duty to care for others' well-being. Likewise, biblical narratives such as "Hospitality to Strangers, " "The Parable of the Great Supper, " and "The Parable of the Lost Sheep" highlight hospitality and seeking out those who are lost or marginalized. These artistic expressions remind us that compassion is not limited to a single era or belief system.