Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky
"Little Organ Grinders by the Fence in Winter," 1868

Two small children, trying to earn their daily bread by playing a street organ, pause for rest. The day is fading—street lamps not yet lit, but a single window glows in the distance. Exhausted and frozen, they sit on a bench by a fence. A weeping girl, her cheeks crimson from the cold, tries to rouse her brother, who drifts off despite the biting chill...

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