Young Gypsy Woman

In 1870, after successfully taking part in the Paris Salon, Kārlis Huns went to Normandy and then to Belgium where, it is thought, he painted the “Young Gypsy Woman”. This type of work by the artist – single figure genre compositions – was highly regarded. The fragile figure of the young gypsy, her pleading gaze, the raised tambourine against the falling coin – all the elements add up to a concent…