Stefano Torelli was born in Bologna in 1712, the son of an Italian painter Felice Torelli (b Verona, 9 September 1667; d Bologna, 11 June 1748). Stefano started his career in Bologna, later he moved to Venice, where he painted in both fresco and oil technique. By the 1750s, Torelli was in...
c.1762-66. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1760s. Oil on canvas. 95 x 74 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1763. Sketch. Oil on canvas. 84 x 126 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
Russian Genre Painting. XVIII century. by Ya. Brook. Moscow. 1990.
Paintings of the 18th-early 20th centuries from the Reserves of the Russian Museum. by K. Mikhailova and G. Smirnov. Leningrad. 1982.