Le Fermier brulé (A Burnt-Out Farmer, Begging with his Family)

François-Philippe Charpentier, after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, published by Pierre-François Basan

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a group of people in an interior setting. In the foreground, a woman is seated on the ground, holding an infant. Several children are close by, with some looking down. A man stands over them, extending his arm with an object. The background shows rough-textured walls of a building, with dim lighting casting deep shadows and highlights on the figures.