クリスティーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クリスティーズInstagram)「Gaspere Traversi is known as ‘the Italian Hogarth’, having turned his back on religious commissions in favour of genre scenes during the 1750s.⠀ .⠀ ‘Later in his career Traversi painted these claustrophobic compositions with unflinching naturalism,’ says our Old Masters specialist Freddie de Rougemont.⠀ .⠀ ‘The meaning behind them is much debated by scholars, but they are often thought to reference contemporary Neapolitan theatre and comic operas that satirised the city’s emerging middle class.’⠀ .⠀ Gaspare Traversi (1722–c.1770), 'An old woman entreating an old gentleman'. Estimate: £150,000-250,000.⠀ .⠀ Old Masters Evening Sale – 4 July at Christie's London.⠀ .⠀ #art #artist #artwork #gasparetraversi #traversi #painting #portrait #oldmasters」6月25日 18時25分