The Devoted Child (Rotta)

The Devoted Child (also known as Il bambino devoto) is a 19th-century painted in oil by Antonio Rotta, in 1870, din Venice, Italy, exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

The Devoted Child
Italian: Il bambino devoto, French: L'enfant dévoué
Artist Antonio Rotta
Year c. 1870
Type Oil on poplar
Dimensions 133.1 cm × 167.7 cm (52.39 in × 66.04 in)
Location Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

The painting is exhibited at Milwaukee Art Museum[1] of Milwaukee, in Wisconsin (United States).

Description

A young girl wearing a Venetian shawl listens as the shoemaker reports upon the hopeless condition of her boot. The artist has shown the cluttered interior with characteristic detail.

Exhibitions

  • Um baltimoreano em Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909, A Galeria de Arte Walters, Baltimore, 1979
  • De Rye a Raphael: La storia del Walters, Walters Art Museum di Baltimora, 2014-2016.

Bibliography

  • Um baltimoreano em Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909, A Galeria de Arte Walters, Baltimore, 1979
  • De Rye a Raphael: La storia del Walters, Walters Art Museum di Baltimora, 2014-2016.

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