Historically, the woman depicted were often blind beggars (mendiants aveugles) who travelled together as itinerant groups throughout Tsarist Russia and Eastern Europe. These groups moved from village to village, from market to market, and in particular to large monasteries. They lived on alms (begging) and, in return, often sang sacred songs, an authentic, high-resolution reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the depiction unknown, historical
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Historically, the woman depicted were often blind beggars (mendiants aveugles) who travelled together as itinerant groups throughout Tsarist Russia and Eastern Europe. These groups moved from village to village, from market to market, and in particular to large monasteries. They lived on alms (begging) and, in return, often sang sacred songs, an authentic, high-resolution reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the depiction unknown, historical

Date

Aug 05, 2026

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK26H74_178

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94.4Mb (31.5Mb) / 21.9in x 16.8in / 6562 x 5028 (300dpi)

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