Italian school of the mid-18th century

Italian school of the mid-18th century.
"The Banquet" and "The Farewell".
Pair of oil paintings on glass.
One retains the period frame.
Measurements: 28 x 40 cm; 34.5 x 47 x 2 cm (frame).

This genre of paintings, called "de casacones", was one of the most demanded by the public during the 19th century. They were genre scenes set in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and their name comes from the jackets with which the male protagonists were dressed.