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| Keywords: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA, OM - The Blind Beggar - Walters 372761.jpg Bathed in sunlight an attractive young woman in Dutch country dress leans from an open window in one corner of a vine-covered cottage She reaches out to drop coins in the hat of a young man outiside her window who is wearing a patched and dirty tunic He is soliciting charity on behalf of an elderly woman who waits beside him in a wheeled hand-drawn conveyance A glimpse of a distant landscape is visible over the brick wall to the right Although Alma-Tadema was only 20 when he painted this scene he already shows in it the narrative skills that will bring him such success with his later re-creations of life in Greek and Roman antiquity This genre scene was the artist's first major commission 1856 Oil on canvas cm 63 5 54 accession number 37 2761 22674 Bernard N Baker Ingleside Estate Catonsville Maryland Antonio Carozza Catonsville 1919 by purchase in conjunction with the purchase of Baker's house and property Thomas A Carozza grandson White Hall 1954 by inheritance Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs A Thomas Carozza II in memory of Antonio T and Margueretta Carozza 2000 Signature Lower right L Alma-Tadema; Inscription Hand-lettered on inner frame The Blind Beggar Sir Alma Tadema R A place of origin Antwerp Belgium PD-old-auto 1912 Paintings by Lawrence Alma-Tadema Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Paintings in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
