Lot Essay
For a derivation with minor differences, formerly on the Roman art market, see F. Bologna, Gaspare Traversi nell'illuminismo europeo, Naples, 1980, pl. 22, where described as a copy of a lost work by Giuseppe Bonito.
For further examples of genre scenes by the artist, see N. Spinosa, Pittura napoletana del Settecento dal Rococò al Classicismo, Naples, 1988, p. 113, no. 125, pp. 74-5, colour pls. 33-4.
For further examples of genre scenes by the artist, see N. Spinosa, Pittura napoletana del Settecento dal Rococò al Classicismo, Naples, 1988, p. 113, no. 125, pp. 74-5, colour pls. 33-4.