Stephen Walter
Dutch wall tiles, The Hospital of Charity, Seville
I started my second "rest "day in Seville at this institution which still functions as an old people's home. After living a dissolute life, Don Miguel de Mañara sought to make amends by becoming the chief benefactor for the hospital being built for the Brotherhood of Holy Charity in the mid eighteenth century. He dedicated his complete life and resources to the building of the institution and its church. On the courtyard walls are seven biblical scenes made of blue dutch tiles from 1700. Most are well known, like "Jonah and the whale" pictured here. Some are more obscure, like the episode of Moses and the bronze serpent (Numbers 21:4-9).
Dutch wall tiles, The Hospital of Charity, Seville
I started my second "rest "day in Seville at this institution which still functions as an old people's home. After living a dissolute life, Don Miguel de Mañara sought to make amends by becoming the chief benefactor for the hospital being built for the Brotherhood of Holy Charity in the mid eighteenth century. He dedicated his complete life and resources to the building of the institution and its church. On the courtyard walls are seven biblical scenes made of blue dutch tiles from 1700. Most are well known, like "Jonah and the whale" pictured here. Some are more obscure, like the episode of Moses and the bronze serpent (Numbers 21:4-9).