The Italian Boy with Hurdy-Gurdy 1853

Young boys from the Savoy region of Italy who made their living as street musicians and chimney sweeps were popular subjects among European artists in the nineteenth century. They are often represented as ragged but sensual figures. In Woodville's painting, a young boy in worn clothing rests on a stone balustrade, holding his instrument and gazing out from under hooded eye...

Size:: H: 36 5/16 x W: 28 1/8 in. (92.2 x 71.4 cm)
Medium:: oil on canvas
Credit:: Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum
More:: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/20887/the-italian-boy-with-hurdy-gurdy/

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