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"Giacomo Ceruti (1698-1767) was born in Milan and active in Northern Italy between Lombardy and the Veneto. For his distinctive, large-scale paintings of low income tradespeople and individuals experiencing homelessness, whom he portrayed with dignity and sympathy, Ceruti came to be known as Il Pitocchetto (the little beggar). Accompanying the first US exhibition to focus solely on Ceruti, this publication explores relationships between art, patronage, and economic inequality in early modern Europe, considering why these paintings were commissioned and by whom, where such works were exhibited, and what they signified to contemporary audiences. Essays and a generous plate section contextualize and closely examine Ceruti's pictures of laborers and the unhoused, whom he presented as protagonists with distinct stories rather than as generic types. Topics include depictions of marginalized subjects in the history of early modern European art, the career of the artist and his place in the history of European painting, and the period discourses around poverty and social support. A detailed exhibition checklist, complete with provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography, provides information critical for the further understanding of Ceruti's oeuvre."--Front cover flap.

Poor in art --- Poverty in art --- Occupations in art --- Pauvres dans l'art --- Pauvreté dans l'art --- Poor in art. --- Poverty in art. --- Ceruti, Giacomo, --- Painting --- paintings [visual works] --- poverty --- portraits --- Ceruti, Giacomo --- Italy --- armoede; 'Povertà', 'Povertà del doni', 'Povertà in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa) --- sociale geschiedenis

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Comparative literature --- Thematology --- anno 1500-1799 --- European literature --- Poor in literature --- Poor in art --- Poor --- Poverty in literature --- Poverty in art --- Poverty --- Littérature européenne --- Pauvres dans la littérature --- Pauvres dans l'art --- Pauvres --- Pauvreté dans la littérature --- Pauvreté dans l'art --- Pauvreté --- Themes, motives --- Congresses. --- History --- Thèmes, motifs --- Congrès --- Histoire --- Europe --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Dans la littérature --- Dans l'art --- Armut --- Armut. --- Kunst. --- Literatur. --- Poverty in art. --- Poverty in literature. --- Poverty. --- Renaissance --- Renaissance. --- Repräsentation --- Themes, motives. --- Europa. --- Europe. --- Littérature européenne --- Pauvres dans la littérature --- Pauvreté dans la littérature --- Pauvreté dans l'art --- Pauvreté --- Thèmes, motifs --- Congrès --- History. --- Dans la littérature. --- Dans l'art.