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Source Description
Bathed in sunlight, an attractive young woman in Dutch country dress leans from an open window in one corner of a vine-covered cottage. She reaches out to drop coins in the hat of a young man outside her window, who is wearing a patched and dirty tunic. He is soliciting charity on behalf of an elderly woman, who waits beside him in a wheeled, hand-drawn conveyance. A glimpse of a distant landscape is visible over the brick wall to the right. Although Alma-Tadema was only 20 when he painted this scene, he already shows in it the narrative skills that will bring him such success with his later re-creations of life in Greek and Roman antiquity. This genre scene was the artist's first major commission.
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Document identity
localId
22674
label
The Blind Beggar
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obj
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drawing
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Source metadata
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22674
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Blind Beggar
description
Bathed in sunlight, an attractive young woman in Dutch country dress leans from an open window in one corner of a vine-covered cottage. She reaches out to drop coins in the hat of a young man outside her window, who is wearing a patched and dirty tunic. He is soliciting charity on behalf of an elderly woman, who waits beside him in a wheeled, hand-drawn conveyance. A glimpse of a distant landscape is visible over the brick wall to the right. Although Alma-Tadema was only 20 when he painted this scene, he already shows in it the narrative skills that will bring him such success with his later re-creations of life in Greek and Roman antiquity. This genre scene was the artist's first major commission.
provenance
Bernard N. Baker, Ingleside Estate, Catonsville, Maryland; Antonio Carozza, Catonsville, 1919, by purchase [in conjunction with the purchase of Baker's house and property]; Thomas A. Carozza [grandson], White Hall, 1954, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 2000, by gift.
date
1856
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
63.5
height
54
dimensionsRaw
25 x 21 1/4 in. (63.5 x 54 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: L. Alma-Tadema; [Inscription] Hand-lettered on inner frame: The Blind Beggar
Sir Alma Tadema
R.A.
med
oil on canvas
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4782
collection_ids
EAN
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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