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Description: | A large part of the Roman artist Antonio Amorosi's output for the rest of his career consisted of half-length pictures of young children, with large eyes and winning expressions, holding a toy, a pet or something to eat. This boy, elegantly dressed in an old-fashioned doublet with gold lace and an extravagantly plumed cap, laughingly holds up a drawing of a beak-nosed head that contrasts with his own soft features. The practice of caricature had become a popular new amusement in Rome during the seventeenth century, and Amorosi was known as a humourist. Amorosi's painting has been neatly labelled on the back of the stretcher by Sir William Holburne: 'Portrait of Murillo, with his first sketch, by Velasquez.' | Subjects: | figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Amorosi, Antonio (Italian painter, 1660-1738) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (Italian painter and printmaker, 1682-1754) Previously attributed to Velázquez, Diego (Spanish painter, 1599-1660) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8660... | Go to resource |
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