Juliaan De Vriendt: Suffer the Little Children Come to Me, 1923

Juliaan Joseph de Vriendt (1842-1935) was a Belgian painter and politician who was known for religious and historical paintings and portraits. Having received his early training from his father at Ghent, he moved to Antwerp, where he soon yielded to the influence of the painter Baron Henrik Leys. He later became director of the Academy of Fine Arts at Antwerp. As a politician Vriendt was involved in the Flemish Movement, being a prime instigator in getting Belgium to recognize Dutch as an official language in 1898, in addition to French.

Suffer the little children is taken from Matthew 19:14 - Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for such is the kingdom of heaven.

the above text appears on the back of the card
HC-1496: card size 7" x 5" (178mm x 127mm)