# The Pinch of Snuff

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PIANCA, Giuseppe Antonio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pianca-giuseppe-antonio-r4ca0977ab6fa07>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 103 x 82 cm

## Commentary

PIANCA, Giuseppe Antonio \(b. 1703, Agnona di Borgosesia, d. after 1757, Agnona di Borgosesia\) The Pinch of Snuff c. 1750 Oil on canvas, 103 x 82 cm Private collection The Pinch of Snuff belongs to the group of extremely realistic genre paintings which Pianca executed in the mid-18th century. In the decades straddling the 17th and 18th centuries, painters such as Bernhard Keil, Giacomo Francesco Cipper, Giacomo Ceruti, and others used amusement and curiosity to depict wretches and beggars, peasants with ruined hands or tables laden with simple foods, and without overly intellectualising the subjects.

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- [St Augustine of Hippo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pianca-giuseppe-antonio-r4ca0977ab6fa07/st-augustine-of-hippo-r4e7d8196878673>)

## Attribution

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