Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Gli storpi e malati curati presso la tomba di San Nicola (The Crippled and Sick Cured at the Tomb of Saint Nicholas) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Beggars (The Cripples) 1568 Oil on panel, 18.5 x 21.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The real meaning of the scene, in particular the meaning of the motif of fox tails (a motif dear to…