A pair of mythological scenes with cupids "Love target" and "Allegory of music" executed in the first half of 18th century.  Despite  the lack of a signature, this magnificent pair of paintings has all stylistic criteria including high quality, fully identical subject and period for being attributed to the hand of famous Italian painter Gasparo Diziani (1689-1767).
For comparison with other works by him see our additional images.

Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Roccoco period, active mainly in the Veneto but also in Dresden and Munich. The artist's canvas is the largest painting of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

Full artist's biography see in English Wikipedia. 

Literature:  international lexicons by Thieme/Becker, Benezit, Saur; on-line Wikipedia

Provenance: noble private estate in Praque.

Inscription: unsigned.

Technique: oils on canvases, extremely fine hand-crafted and gold-plated Rococo Style full wood frames.

Dimensions: each unframed 57 1/2" x 31 1/8" (146 x 79 cm), each framed 66 1/8" x 39 3/4" ( 168 x 101 cm ).

Condition: good due to the age, old relining of canvases, no inpaintings or losses, professionally cleaned by restorer.