Antique couple paintings - genre scenes -Camillo Sagrestani ( Florence 1660-1731)

Important pair of paintings , oil on canvas technique- Early 18th century period- Author Camillo Sagrestani (Florence 1660- 1731)- Measure.94x75 These works , of excellent quality, depicting genre scenes , are set in a nocturnal atmosphere dense with pathos but refined, with a dark background irradiated by a few glimpses of sunset light. The brightness, which envelops the characters in skillful chiaroscuro, as well as the use of intense color, capable of building a scene of charged energy. Observing the work and entering into its attributive placement, the particular characters link its origin to the happiest production of the late Tuscan Baroque; in particular, the stylistic and pictorial traits allow us to liken it to the hand of Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (1660-1731), one of the most intriguing and charismatic artistic figures in the Tuscan artistic pantheon of the seventeenth century. The style features the painter's peculiar effects of light and chromaticism, influenced by the examples of Luca Giordano, Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Sebastiano Ricci learned during his sojourns between Rome, Bologna and Venice at the beginning of the ninth decade, revealing himself to be a relevant personality of the late Baroque. Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (Florence, December 15, 1660-Florence, May 7, 1731)-He was trained in Florence by Antonio Giusti and Romolo Panfi, then traveled to Parma, Rome, Venice and Bologna, where he entered the workshop of Carlo Cignani, who influenced his style. In 1690 he returned to Florence and in '94 enrolled in the Accademia del Disegno, getting closer to some anti-academics such as Alessandro Gherardini and Pier Dandini.