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The small painting, together with the pendant displayed next to it, is a delightful genre scene by Giuseppe Cignaroli, one of the most interesting Veronese painters of his generation. Portraying monks, nuns and friars at work or in prayer was a fashionable trend, particularly in the Veneto region in the second half of the 18th century. Probably a pupil of the more famous Giambettino Cignaroli, his older brother, in these works Giuseppe demonstrates how he has incorporated the teachings of Giambattista Tiepolo.