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bambocciata

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[bahm-bawt-chah-tah] / ˌbɑm bɔtˈtʃɑ tɑ /

noun

bambocciate plural
  1. a genre painting of usually small size produced in Rome in the 17th century.


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Origin of bambocciata

< Italian, equivalent to Bambocci ( o ) a nickname of the Dutch painter Pieter van Laer (1592–1645), who popularized such paintings in Rome + -ata -ade 1

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