The Tame Magpie, ca. 1707–8, Oil on canvas, 25 x 29 1/2 in. (63.5 x 74.9 cm), Paintings, Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, Genoa 1667–1749 Genoa), The reputation of Magnasco, one of the most individual eighteenth-century painters, resides in the exuberance of his technique and the fantasy of his subject matter. Here people from the fringes of society have gathered to watch the spectacle of a man trying to teach a magpie to sing—an impossible task
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Tame Magpie, ca, 1707–8, Oil, canvas, 25 x 29 1/2, 63.5 74.9 cm, Paintings, Alessandro Magnasco, Italian, Genoa, 1667–1749, reputation, Magnasco, individual eighteenth-century, painters, resides, exuberance, technique, fantasy, subject matter, people, fringes, society, gathered, watch, spectacle, man trying, teach, magpie, sing— impossible, task
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