Oil on canvas.
The painting refers in its pictorial methods and subject to the production of Giacomo Francesco Cipper known as Todeschini, an artist of Austrian origins who established himself in Milan.
He was a specialist in market scenes, open-air concerts, card players, scenes of humble daily life created with laughing caricatures and a search for comic effect.
As in this work, which portrays a young commoner who takes care of two chickens placed in a basket on the table, even if the knife placed next to it suggests that... he will sacrifice them soon!
The characters in Cipper, although humble, are characterized by an impertinent nature, manifested by their gaze fixed on the spectator, to attract his attention, as also in this case: the boy looks in front of him giggling and winking, seeking the approval or even the complicity of the beholder.
The work can therefore be traced back to an author very close to Cipper.
It has previously undergone restoration and relining.
It is presented in an early 1900s guilloche frame.
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PLATINUM Seller in Milano, Italy
