CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA | A girl sleeping with a boy playing a lute, an elderly woman making a silent gesture on the right

The present painting is clearly influenced by the Venetian master Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683-1754) in its handling and pictorial appeareance. The picture's stylistic features are also reminiscent of Domenico Maggiotto (1713–1794) who was also one of Piazzetta's main pupils, and together with Giuseppe Angeli (1712-1798), was a painter of success in the chiaroscuro manner that is typical for Piazzetta's school of painting.