Family of beggars among ruins
1653
oil
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
1653
oil
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
This painting shows a group of people in front of some old, broken-down buildings. There are adults and kids, and they all look like they don't have much. Some are sitting, and some are standing. There's a cart on the right side with a big wheel. The people in the painting seem to be poor, and they're all gathered together. The buildings behind them are old and falling apart, which might mean they don't have a nice place to live. The artist who painted this, Sébastien Bourdon, was French.