bambocciade

English

Etymology

From Italian bambocciata, from Bamboccio (“a nickname of Pieter van Laer, a Dutch genre painter; properly, a child, simpleton, puppet”), from bamboccio (“chubby child”).

Noun

bambocciade (plural bambocciades)

1. (art) A bambocciante painting, depicting a scene from lower-class or rustic life.

References

• “bambocciade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.