NORTHERN ITALY PAINTER, XVIII CENTURY PORTRAIT... Lot 161

NORTHERN ITALY PAINTER, XVIII CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN Oil on oval canvas, cm.62 x 48 ORIGIN Roman family The illustrative features of this portrait of a gentleman with headdress, typical of works produced in 18th-century northern Italy, recall in pictorial and expressive quality the works of Giacomo Ceruti of Lombardy. The artist, known for depicting with vivid realism the popular and beggarly classes, also worked in the portrait genre, with a pictorial rendering capable of extrapolating with subtle psychological introspection the character of the characters represented. These peculiar characteristics, made him one of the most singular protagonists of the 18th century painting scene ORIGIN Roman family CONDITION REPORT Twentieth-century reintel and frame. Minute scattered restoration spots on the embodiments, robes, and background. FRAME Wood and gilt stucco frame with leaf and ramage decoration, 19th century (stucco falls)