Monday, March 24, 2014

centuriespast: A Man Being Hit on the Head by a Falling...

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A Man Being Hit on the Head by a Falling...


centuriespast:



A Man Being Hit on the Head by a Falling Flowerpot in Rome, Via del Nazzareno


by unknown artist


Date painted: c.1890


Oil on canvas, 30 x 40.2 cm


Collection: Wellcome Library


This painting has a ‘votive’ function: it was painted to fulfil a vow. It shows a man walking past a delicatessen in Rome and being hit on the head by a falling flowerpot.

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