Little Beggar - HORTENSE LESCOT (HAUDEBOURT)

Little Beggar - HORTENSE LESCOT (HAUDEBOURT)

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Shortly after arriving in Rome, Hortense Lescot became interested in the figure of the beggar, a central character in the iconography of the Roman populace, frequently depicted by painters since the time of the Carracci.

Lescot chose a tight, portrait-like composition, thus isolating the beggar from his surroundings and focusing the viewer's attention on the humanity of the subject. Through the youth, innocence, and pathos of the boy's condition, Hortense Lescot created an original work characterized by a tearful sentimentalism that anticipates Romanticism. Although unusual, the figure of the young beggar as seen by a female artist is not entirely unprecedented.

Piccolo mendicante - HORTENSE LESCOT, 1810 Piccolo mendicante - HORTENSE LESCOT, 1810

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