Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

1624 (Baroque)

132.5 cm 100.4 cm

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In this parable from the Gospel of Matthew, the devil, identified by his horns and tail, sows weeds (or tares) in the field where wheat has been planted, while the lazy peasants are sleeping. Christians considered sloth one of the Seven Deadly Sins to which mankind was subject...

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Justice James A. Murnaghan Collection, Dublin, by 1929; Walters Art Museum, 1973, by gift.
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