Who painted Two Beggar Women?

Two Beggar Women was painted by French 17th Century in 1622.

Where can I see Two Beggar Women?

Two Beggar Women is held by National Gallery of Art.

What movement is Two Beggar Women?

Two Beggar Women is associated with Baroque.

Artwork

Two Beggar Women

French 17th Century , 1622

Two Beggar Women is an ink print by the Baroque artist French 17th Century. It dates from 1622 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

About this work

Overview

Two Beggar Women is an etching on laid paper depicting two women in worn clothing.

Subject & Meaning

The print shows two women standing together, one leaning on a cane and the other holding a small bowl, conveying a sense of hardship and poverty through their tired postures and rough features.

Technique & Style

The artist employed sharp lines to capture the worn textures of the women's clothing and the roughness of their faces and hands, utilizing a style characteristic of etchings from the period.

Artist & collection

Artist

French 17th Century

Seventeenth-century French printmakers worked in burin and acid. See the Beggar Woman with Rosary (1622), etched on laid paper with her hands folded in prayer, or The Siege of La Rochelle (1628/1631), one sheet from a…