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Johann Rottenhammer
Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me1607

Not on view
Oil painting of a densely crowded narrative scene with a central pale-robed male figure gesturing toward small children, surrounded by figures in rich crimson, gold, and blue drapery within a columned architectural space

Johann Rottenhammer, Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me, 1607, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick and the Jones Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Johann Rottenhammer
Germany, 1564-1625, active Italy
Title
Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me
Date Made
1607
Medium
Oil on copper
Dimensions
11 1/2 × 13 7/8 in. (29.21 × 35.24 cm) Framed: 17 1/2 × 22 × 2 in. (44.45 × 55.88 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick and the Jones Foundation
Accession Number
M.87.141
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture