FRANCESCHINI, Baldassarre
(b. 1611, Volterra, d. 1690, Firenze)

One of Father Arlotto's Tricks (detail)

1630s
Oil on canvas
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

The painting is a witty evocation of a scene of contemporary life in the playful style that characterized one section of seventeenth-century Florentine painting.