Tempera depicting a classical setting, typical of Giovanni David’s theatrical and scenographic production.

The composition features a group of figures in antique dress, notably a good-natured warrior facing two women with children, set within a luminous landscape with encampments, temples, and neoclassical architecture. The technique—tempera mixed with watercolour, with touches of lead white and light glazing—is consistent with the artist’s preparatory studies and scenographic sketches.

A work of refined quality, representative of Genoese neoclassical taste in the second half of the 18th century.

Width 51 cm (20.1 in.)
Height 38 cm (15 in.)