Belisarius Begging for Alms
Belisarius Begging for Alms () is a large-format (288 × 312 cm) history painting in oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David. It depicts the Byzantine general Belisarius, who heroically defeated the Vandals in North Africa in AD 533–534 on behalf of Justinian I, and (according to an apocryphal account probably added to his biography in the Middle Ages) was later blinded by the emperor and reduced to begging for alms on the street. David exhibited the work at the Salon of 1781 after returning from Italy and it proved a great success.

It is now on show at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille.
Q742333
history painting
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Q174705
oil on canvas
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Jacques-Louis David
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Q12544
Byzantine
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Q174943
Belisarius
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Q1136575
defeated
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Vandals
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Justinian I
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None
apocryphal account
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Q262478
Salon
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Palais des Beaux-Arts
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Q648
Lille
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Q2698149
Belisarius Begging for Alms
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288
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534
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