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Birth
1698 (Milan, Italy)
Death
1767
Lived/Active
Italy
Self portrait -
Often Known For
comestible still life, figure, and portrait painting
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Known as "Il Pitocchetto" or the Beggar Painter because of his
realistic paintings of peasants wearing rags, Giacomo Ceruti was active
in Northern Italy during the late Baroque period in Italy. Although
his primary subjects are 'low-life' persons, they are depicted with
dignity and self possession.
An art historian has described these paintngs "as confronting us with
the detritus of the community; the displaced and homeless poor; the old
and the young with their ubiqui (showing 500 of 1501 characters). |
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