Portrait by Murillo, who, in addition to his great religious compositions, was famous for his popular figures from the streets of Seville. This miserable face of the Golden Age, treated with dramatic light and shade, fascinated 19th-century French Impressionist painters. It is a source, in turn, of the poverty of the cities and the roguish youngsters so often portrayed in literature.
Collection: Images
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate
Link: https://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/le-jeune-mendiant
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (134 x 100 cm)
Source: Museo del Louvre (París)
Language: French
Date: c. 1650
Owner: Raimundo A. Rodríguez Pérez (Modernalia)
Identifier: 933
Copyright: Museo del Louvre (París)
Abstract: Social history
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