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Faustino Bocchi (Brescia, 1659 - 1741)
The Pygmy War
Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 61 cm
Framed, 64 x 78 cm
This peculiar and extravagant depiction of a war between pygmies, to the artistic work of Brescian painter Faustino Bocchi (1659-1741). This artist's Lombard extraction only partially explains his choice to depict these kinds of works, which fit precisely into that vein of bizarre and imaginative experimentalism of which Bocchi, his pupil Albrici, and, taking a leap backwards, Arcimboldo are certainly part. The other major influence that can be grasped is that coming from the Flemish artists active in Italy during the seventeenth century, some of whom would specialize in the depiction of so-called bambocciate, that is, works that aimed to depict popular scenes of everyday life, set in taverns, country festivals or city markets. Unlike the adherents of the school founded by Pieter van Laer, however, Bocchi had no realistic aim and decided to fill his works with these tiny figures, definable as dwarves or precisely pygmies, intent on fighting, celebrating or brawling in the most imaginative and unthinkable ways, thus giving the scenes a humorous and burlesque tone. The war motif, on the other hand, comes from a fellow countryman of Bocchi's, namely Francesco Monti, known as Brescianino delle Battaglie (1646-1703), who specialized in battle scenes precisely but was also related to the bambocciate genre. Further connections with Flanders are instead through Angiolo Everardi, a direct pupil of Monti and from a Flemish family, thanks to whom Bocchi approached the genres of still life and especially genre scenes. The minuteness, details, and grotesque scenes became trademarks of Bocchi, who has been approached by many critics in terms of his imaginative nature, meticulousness in small details, and bizarreness to Hyeronimus Bosch. Although there is no direct contact with the works of the Flemish master, who moreover lived more than a century before Bocchi, scholars have identified a common background in the interpretation of human vices through comic and extravagant creatures; if in Bosh this message appears evident in the Brescian painter it should be sought with a deeper reading, since the scenes seem to be closer to a fable-like and burlesque taste rather than a moralistic and religious one, finding tangents with the tales of Italian comic poetry. The style is immediately recognizable, as is the subject, of which there is an original by Bocchi, now in a private collection, which traces the same composition with the lizard, scissors, banquet, and background with the river and tower. Although the colors here are less blurred and lighter and the contour lines are more pronounced and obvious, the characters and the entire composition are executed with slavish fidelity.
- Creator:Faustino Bocchi (Brescia, 1659 – 1741) (Italian)
- Creation Year:XVII Century
- Dimensions:Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 24.02 in (61 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:45x61Price: $8,901
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- Gallery Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2639216355832
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