Filippo Bartolini (1861–1908) - Per un pezzo di pane

Filippo Bartolini (Rome 1861–1908) For a Piece of Bread. Dimensions with frame: 107 x 79 cm.
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Origin from a private collection

entitled For a Piece of Bread, created by the artist Filippo Bartolini.
The painting depicts a scene of charity, where a friar offers a piece of bread to a woman sitting with a child in her arms.
The background shows Roman ruins and a landscape with a donkey and, in the distance, a dome that could be that of St. Peter's in Rome.
The work is an example of genre painting, popular in the 19th century, which portrays scenes of everyday life with an often sentimental or moralistic tone.
Artist Filippo Bartolini (1825-1897) was an Italian painter known for his genre paintings and historical scenes.