In Jacob Ochtervelt's, A Nurse and Child in an Elegant Foyer, Ochtervelt displays the relationship between the privileged and the impoverished, while also emphasizing the importance of charity to the Dutch. In the painting, a five-year-old boy offers coins to a family of beggars while the wealthy household maid assists him. His parents observe him proudly. The young boy lives with his wealthy parents in a large and elaborate house, filled with intricate paintings and marble tile. His parents and the household maid wear very sophisticated attire consisting of vibrant colors in contrast to the beggar and his mother. The beggar boy remains in the threshold of the doorway to obtain the coins from the five-year-old boy’s possession. His mother stands
