- Faustino Bocchi
Faustino Bocchi (1659-1742) was an Italian painter, active in
Brescia , who specialized in bizarre paintings ofdwarfs .These were generally seen as humorous or satirical pieces, though some have semblance of the decorative conceits of
Arcimboldo , while others suggest the nightmarish world ofHieronymus Bosch . Cristiani cites this as the "capricious particularitity to represent with his master paint-brush: the battles, the fights, the games, the dances, the feasts, and tiumphs of the pygmies" ["la capricciosa particolarità di rappresentare con maestro pennello, le battaglie, le lotte, i giochi , i balli , i conviti , e i trionfi de' pigmei".] . By some he is described as a genre painter one of theBamboccianti , specifically a "Bambocciate di nani" or "arte pigmeo". Furthermore, it is said that these paintings were highly prized by Bergamesque collectors such asGiacomo Carrara e Ludovico Ferronati. Bocchi is said to have been the pupil ofAngelo Everardi ("il Fiamminghino" or "Fiammenghino").Enrico Albricci is said to have been his pupil for a spell.References
* [http://web.tiscali.it/parrocchiadizogno/Chiesa_Parrocchiale/albrici.htm Painting] .
*cite book | author= John T Spike| year=1986| title= Giuseppe Maria Crespi and the Emergence of Genre Painting in Italy| chapter= | editor= "Centro Di", Kimball Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.| others= | pages= 68-69| publisher= | id= | url= | authorlink=
*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 27| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=
*cite book | author= Federico Nicoli Cristiani | year=1807| title= Della Vita delle pitture di Lattanzio Gambara; Memorie Storiche aggiuntevi brevi notizie intorno a' più celebri ed eccelenti pittori Bresciani| chapter= | editor= | others= | pages= pages 136-137| publisher= Spinelli e Valgiti, Brescia| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=FF0GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11&dq=Federico+Nicoli+Cristiani| authorlink=
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