Child Drinking From The Flask Of Wine, Oil On Canvas From The Early 18th Century.

Rare painting, oil on canvas, depicting a young man drinking from a wine flask and typical of the artistic production of "Bambocciate" by the Marche painter Antonio Amorosi (Comunanza 1660 - Rome 1738).

The canvas expresses those intrinsic qualities attributable to the productions of the Marche painter's catalog, I refer to the period in which the artist welcomes in his evolutionary process, the invention of portraying children and effectively studying their different attitudes in the so-called bambocciate. Already in the last decade of the seventeenth century he was preparing to experiment with this genre, which would continue the success of these amusing productions almost throughout his life.

Biography: Antonio Mercurio Amorosi (1660-1738) by Claudio Maggini, "Il Vello d'oro" art series directed by Girolamo de Vanna for Luisè Editore, Rimini, 1996

The measurements of the canvas are 38cm x 47cm.

The gilded frame in which it mounts is contemporary with the painting.

We enclose a certificate of authenticity with the sale.

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