BOCCHI, Faustino
(b. 1659 Brescia, d. 1742 Brescia)
Italian painter, active in Brescia. He specialized in bizarre paintings of dwarfs. He was a pupil of Angelo Everardi (1647-1678, called il Fiamminghino or Fiammenghino).
His paintings were generally seen as humorous or satirical, and often scabrous pieces, though some resemble the decorative conceits of Arcimboldo, while others suggest the nightmarish world of Hieronymus Bosch. He is also described as a genre painter of the Bambocciati.
Bocchi’s paintings were highly prized by Bergamesque collectors.
