Oil on canvas, illegible signature along lower left edge, presented in ornate gilt and gesso frame, the stretcher with artists' supplier label for Geo. Ryneal of Washington, D.C.

Framed dimensions 23 1/4 x 32 inches

Gaetano Chierici was the most important Italian genre painter of his day, and the first to find popular success out of his country. This painting is a copy of one of his most famous compositions and very close to a work in the collection of the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Six small marks to canvas; minor chips to frame.