Circle of Giacomo Francesco Cipper, known as Todeschini (1664 - 1736), Beggar

Circle of Giacomo Francesco Cipper, known as Todeschini (Feldkirch, 1664 - Milan, 1736) Beggar Oil on canvas, 80 x 61 cm - with frame 95 x 74 cm The examined canvas can be attributed to the hand of a painter active in the circle of Giacomo Francesco Cipper, known as Todeschini (1664-1736). Of Austrian origin, it is not known when Todeschini moved to Italy; in 1696 he was residing in Milan, where he married the daughter of a notary, Giulia Francesca Galdone. He was mainly active in the city of Milan, Bergamo and Brescia, becoming Lombard by adoption. During his creative journey, Cipper renewed the seventeenth-century tradition of the Bamboccianti by reinterpreting the examples of Monsù Bernardo and Magnasco in a personal way. His works reveal the ambition to transfer his ideas with a monumental spirit, dedicating himself to a realistic definition of everyday objects, food and furnishings, reaching the maximum consequences of the comic and grotesque tradition, which in the Lombard area finds its origins in the Renaissance. His works of the first decade are often chromatically lively and set outdoors, while, in the following years, Todeschini will increasingly retreat to indoor compositions with refined colors, but always with a theatrical and mocking tone. Following critical insights into his work, Alessandro Morandotti (La Natura morta in Italia, Milan, Electa, 1989, vol. I, p. 288) traces his repertoire of peasants eating, gypsy scenes, card or morra players, concerts, music lessons, fishmongers, and his "incarnations boldly resolved with brown tones barely lit by strokes of red and white" to the lesson of the Danish painter Eberhard Keil, known as Monsù Bernardo (1624–1687), who lived in Rome in the second half of the seventeenth century and who drew most of the motifs for his genre scenes between Rome and Naples. Unlike, however, the other painters of genre scenes of the 17th century, such as many Caravaggists, but also of the 18th, think, for example, of Ceruti, and despite his undoubted technical virtuosity, Todeschini carefully banished from his painting any pensive or melancholic attitude and any psychological and social intent, always maintaining, by personal character and, perhaps, by the taste of his clientele, within a smiling and easy humor, even when this contradicts the very theme of the painting. The item is in good condition. With Ars Antiqua it is possible to defer all amounts up to a maximum of €7,500 at ZERO RATE, for a total of 15 INSTALLMENTS. Ex. Tot. €4,500 = Monthly installment €300 for 15 months. Ex. Tot. €3,600 = Monthly installment €720 for 5 months. For amounts exceeding €7,500 or for a longer period of time (over 15 installments), we can provide a personalized payment. Contact us directly for the best quote. LIVE TV – SUNDAY 19.00 – 23.00 Dig.terr. 126 + 809 SKY - THURSDAY 21.00 - 24.00 Dig.terr. 134 + 809 SKY – Streaming on our website www.arsantiquasrl.com and on our social networks Facebook and Youtube All works offered by Ars Antiqua are sold with a certificate of authenticity according to law and an accurate in-depth sheet. You can directly see the works at the gallery showroom in Milan, in via Pisacane 55 and 57. We personally organize transport and delivery of works, both for Italy and abroad.