Beggars by a Door

Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, 1870

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Beggars by a Door, 1870. oil on panel.

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oil on panel · Unframed: 22.9 x 18.3 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Beggars by a Door
Artist: Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, 1838–1874)
Date: 1870
Medium: oil on panel
Dimensions: Unframed: 22.9 x 18.3 cm (9 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1838–1874

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