"Il mendicante cieco" painting (The blind beggar) by Francesco Ferrari (1811-1878?). Oil on canvas, 96cm x Castello Visconteo, Pavia, Italy.

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This work is strongly linked to the social themes that pervaded Italian painting in the 19 th century. With Il mendicante cieco (The blind beggar), Francesco Ferrari, from Bergamo, faces without being pathetic the problem of poverty and the consequential Christian answer of charity as a social resource. The beggar and the child are dressed properly and show their poverty without much tragedy. In this way, the artist pushes his work beyond the mere representation and puts it inside that Modernity which was finding its way inside Romantic art.

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Size: 2930px × 3812px
Location: Pavia, Italy
Photo credit: © Adam Ján Figeľ / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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