![Jean-François Raffaëlli - Artist Painting [c.1879] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_utJxOWRPwmQGz-mUsBXjZBOttofbK4k3tMdkH2uD_nLV3mIC2RLf2lMn659UeoIfpaj-jeLJtzU4PXcQWOjsSKRYmY3oRsu4nX4Zqvk3jNxp6z_4z0YhG2BbI-cgvamw=s0-d)
With his back to the viewer, a coarse-looking artist puts the finishing touches to an already framed painting. This picture-within-the-picture shows a vagabond or ragpicker sitting beside his bundle in a suburban field with factories in the background. While the image of the painter may be a self-portrait, Raffaëlli probably also identified with the ragpicker. Like this figure, he lived in an industrial suburb of Paris and struggled to earn a living.
[Philadelphia Museum of Art - Oil on panel, 52.1 x 53 cm]
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