The Beggar Boy by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta - Museum Quality Canvas

An exquisite, museum-grade gallery print curated for premium collections. This classic masterpiece delivers stunning historical detail at an impressive large scale.Art historians long identified the subject of this painting as a beggar boy; however, it is now believed to portray the artist’s oldest child, Giacomo (the Italian form of James), in the costume of a pilgrim bound for Santiago de Compostela, Spain, where the apostle James reputedly settled. Carrying a loaf of bread and a rosary, Giacomo sports the hat and staff of a Santiago pilgrim. The boy would have been 13 years old in 1738, when this work was likely painted.