Attributed to Faustino Bocchi

Faustino Bocchi was an Italian Baroque painter born in Brescia in 1659, known for his whimsical and humorous genre scenes featuring dwarfs and grotesque figures engaged in everyday activities. Works attributed to him appear regularly in auction house sales, often depicting lively satirical compositions that blend humor with fine technical craftsmanship. His distinctive style drew on the Northern European tradition of comic genre painting while maintaining a distinctly Italian Baroque sensibility.