RIBERA, Jusepe de (né en 1591, Játiva, décédé en 1652, Napoli) Clubfoot Boy 1642 huile sur toile, 164 x 92 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris debout dans un paysage de grande envergure, vêtu de vêtements bruns hachurés, pieds nus et épaulé par une béquille, son handicap est évident : son pied déformé est au centre du champ de vision du spectateur. Dans sa bande de gauche, cette pitoyable créature tient une note avec l'inscription : 'DA MIHI ELIMO/SINAM PROPTER/ AMOREM DEI' ('donnez-moi l'aumône, pour l'amour de Dieu'). Décrit de cette façon, le tableau semble être une image de misère, d'humiliation et de mendicité. Pourtant wha

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• Dimensions: 1464 x 2544 px | 12,4 x 21,5 cm | 4,9 x 8,5 inches | 300dpi

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RIBERA, Jusepe de (b. 1591, Játiva, d. 1652, Napoli) Clubfooted Boy 1642 Oil on canvas, 164 x 92 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Standing in a sweeping landscape, dressed in hatcbed brown clothes, barefoot and shouldering a crutch, his disability is evident: his deformed foot is at the centre of the spectator's field of vision. In his left band, this pitiable creature holds a note with the inscription: "DA MIHI ELIMO/SINAM PROPTER/ AMOREM DEI" ("Give me alms, for the love of God"). Described in this way, the painting would appear to be an image of misery, humiliation and begging. Yet what meets the eye, contradicts such an unequivocal statement. The boy whose face is aged beyond his years stands proud and upright againt the landscape in the background. He looks directly downwards at the spectator with a relaxed gaze of experience and superiority. The boy's mouth is opened in a relatively unattractive gummy grin that permits no patronizing sympathy. Ribera has created a monument to the justice of God. He shows up our hierarchical thinking, our worldly expectations of the gratitude of the poor, to whom we give alms. The apparently miserable, valueless individual stands here like a monument admonisbing us to remember that all creatures are equal before God. This boy is not begging for mercy. He is claiming his right to it. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: RIBERA, Jusepe de Title: Clubfooted Boy Time-line: 1601-1650 School: Spanish Form: painting Type: portrait