Roman Vagabond

Amorosi concentrated on genre scenes from folk life starting in the 1710s. His chiaroscuro is based on post- Caravaggio Roman painting, but the milieu of the northern Bamboccianti suited him better thematically, as he shared their aesthetic sensibility, the depiction of sample people, abbreviated caricature and factual realism, all of which are apparent in this brilliant portrait of a Roman pariah.