Personificatie van de Liefde of Naasten Liefde Caritas. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53010743

A woman gazes at the viewer while breastfeeding an infant on her lap, while two other children embrace her or play by her side. She wears a voluminous, wind-swept headdress and classicized robes, set against a background of a gnarled tree and stone wall. The composition uses dense, rhythmic line work to create a sense of physical mass and soft texture.

As the highest of the three theological virtues, Charity represents the bridge between human action and divine love, a central theme in Renaissance Neoplatonism. The inscription's reference to 'burning love' (flagrans amor) mirrors Neoplatonic theories regarding the soul's ascent and the transformative power of divine heat.