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    Science and Charity is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso painted in Barcelona in 1897 and now is part of the permanent collection of the Museu Picasso, Barcelona.This is one of the most representative works of the artist's early years of training and he painted it when he was only 15 years old.

    The painting shows a sick patient in bed, with on the left a doctor taking a pulse. At right, a nurse in nun's habit holds out a cup to the patient, while holding a toddler with her other arm.