Why it matters
A Neapolitan beggar boy with a clubfoot grins against a vast, luminous landscape, holding a paper reading 'Give me alms, for the love of God'. Ellis Waterhouse called it a touchstone for all of Ribera's art.
Did you know?
- It was painted in Naples in 1642.
- It was commissioned by a Flemish dealer.
- It came to the Louvre with the La Caze bequest of 1869.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Clubfoot (CC BY-SA 4.0).
