A boy with a trumpet

Giuseppe Nogari began his training with Antonio Balestra and later joined Giovanni Battista Piazzetta's workshop. Perhaps best known for his portraits, Nogari produced many head studies and often re-used the faces and archetypes in his work. A similar painting, last recorded on the London art market in 1974, shows a child of the same facial type (quite possibly the same model) though they wear different clothing and hold a doughnut rather than a trumpet (fig. 1). Nogari achieved great success in his lifetime and spent the latter part of his career in Turin, decorating the Royal Palace there for the House of Savoy.