The Seven Works of Mercy by Caravaggio, 1600
Pio Monte della Misericordia · wikidata.org
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This was commissioned for a Naples charity that apparently still exists today, and instead of splitting the seven acts of mercy into separate scenes like usual, all seven got crammed into one dark room.
Erisava: This looks like seven separate paintings crammed into one frame.
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Once I noticed the angels up top, I couldn't stop seeing how crowded the whole bottom half is.