CHARACTERS THAT ENCHANT AND INTRIGUE – 18TH CENTURY OIL PAINTINGS 🎨🧙‍♀️🧝‍♂️

These four small oil paintings from the 18th century are absolutely fascinating and out of the ordinary. Each figure portrayed carries a mix of humour, caricature, humanity and strangeness, revealing the sharp and critical vision of an artist who dared to break away from the classical portraiture of the time.

The expressiveness of the characters is striking – disproportionate faces, robust bodies and theatrical gestures that seem ready to leap out of the canvas and tell us their stories. There’s a living soul in each brushstroke, a baroque and popular theatricality that takes us to the world of fairs, exaggerated human types, almost grotesque, yet deeply charming.

These unique figures, perhaps inspired by everyday characters or comic theatre personas, hold something magical and mysterious. Are they dwarves? Jesters? Allegories? We don’t know. But we feel they speak to us in a tone somewhere between laughter and wonder.

A rare, unusual and irresistible set. Those who love art with personality and character will fall in love with these pieces!

Available at Batalha Collection – come and see them in person, feel their presence, and let yourself be captivated by this gallery of unforgettable figures. ✨🖼️

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