The Beggar Boy

Accession Number
2014/2.14

Title
The Beggar Boy

Artist(s)
G. P. Barbier

Artist Nationality
British (modern)

Object Creation Date
1793

Medium & Support
oil on canvas

Dimensions
36 3/4 in x 31 3/4 in x 2 in (93.35 cm x 80.64 cm x 5.08 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Daphne Swabey

Subject matter
The painting depicts a young beggar with outstretched hand, a popular "social type" for sentimental genre painting during the eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

Physical Description
A boy in a white shirt with a tan vest holds up an empty hand toward the viewer. He has light brown colored hair and red cheeks. The boy is depicted against a dark background.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
beggars
boys
chiaroscuro
children (people by age group)
genre (visual works)
hands (animal components)
poor
portraits

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