This is a realistic figure painting. The picture is divided into two groups of characters. A man on the right is passing food to a woman holding a boy in her arms. The demeanor and appearance of the characters in the painting are delicately portrayed, with distinct characters. The wrinkles on the woman s face prove that she has been sleeping on the street all year round. The boy is lying in the woman s arms, with a very weak expression and longing eyes, as if Hungry. The overall composition of the picture is triangular, but an inverted triangle composition is formed between the man s pulling arm and the woman. This unstable composition adds to the dramatic effect of the picture. The women and boys in ragged clothes form a strong contrast with the luxuriously dressed men, reflecting the bitterness of life of the lower class. The dark green and red of the man s clothes are the most dazzling parts of the whole picture. The author uses this highly saturated color to show the richness of the man. The background of the picture adopts a classical architectural model, which adds a classical charm to the picture. The author introduces the lower class people into the painting, which embodies the author s humanistic artistic creation spirit, and adopts the painting method of close-up group portraits, which shortens the distance between the viewer and the characters in the picture, and makes the viewer easily affected by the emotions of the characters in the painting .

Scholar giving alms to a beggar woman and her son.

Artist
in the manner of Domenico Induno
(Milan 1815-1878)

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
30 x 36 cm

Condition Report
Overall good condition.

Notes
Formerly report by Prof. Lodovico Magugliani, Milan 1975.
Signed lower left.