Giacomo Ceruti: A Compassionate Eye SPE25 - Pendant measures 1 1/4

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Giacomo Ceruti: A Compassionate Eye SPE25 - Pendant measures 1 1/4Edited by Davide Gasparotto A thoughtful look at representations of people experiencing poverty in early modern Europe. The northern Italian artist Giacomo Ceruti (16981767) was born in Milan and active in Brescia and Bergamo. 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).