Far from Home
Artist
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
(French, 1825 - 1905)
Date1867
Object number57.0011
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions64 x 42 1/2 in. (162.6 x 108 cm)
frame: 77 1/2 x 55 1/4 x 3 in. (196.9 x 140.3 x 7.6 cm)
frame: 77 1/2 x 55 1/4 x 3 in. (196.9 x 140.3 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
On View
Not on viewDescriptionThe painting represents two sisters who perform and beg on the streets of Rome - a moving contemporary subject, as was fashionable in the mid-nineteenth century. Though the expression of the younger girl is intended to play upon the emotions of the public, the classically inspired architectural backdrop and carefully arranged poses tend to idealize and ennoble the subject to avoid offending viewers with the direness of actual poverty.
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