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Caritas), literally means 'love', love in the sense of lovingness and kindness towards all others and is the foremost of the virtues.\r\nCharity is often represented with a flame, often coming out of some kind of vase, or she holds a candle. Often she is suckling to infants, or she is surrounded by three to four infants, one usually at the breast.\r\n\r\nCordieri, Niccolo (b. Lothringen: 1567- d. Rome: 1612) (also called himself: Cordier Nicolas, Cordieri, Cordigheri, Niccolo Cori, Niccolo Lorena). Born in Lothringen. He developed an Italien sculptural style, with Michelangelo-like forms, and references to antique late-Roman examples. He belongs to a generation of artists, which prepared the grounds for the development of a baroque style within Italian sculpture (Bernini).","physicalDescription":"This group represents Charity. She stands holding an apple and supporting a little naked girl on her right arm. She wears a girdled gown and a loose cloak-knotted at her back. 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