Vincenzo Irolli, 19th Century, The Schoolboy

Italian painter of realist movement born in Naples, pupil of Gioacchino Toma and Federico Maldarelli, he is influenced by the work of Domini by Francesco Paolo Michetti. The present painting depicts one of the artist's most fortunate and repeated subjects: a child dressed as a schoolboy seems to have been distracted from his path. He seems to hold something in his hand, probably an insect., Oil on canvas, 69,5 x 43,5 cm