A Circus Boy, 1872, Oil on canvas, 59 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (151. 4 x 72. 4 cm), Paintings, Antonio Mancini (Italian, Albano 1852?1930 Rome), Sporting tattered tights and juggling rings, this ragamuffin entertainer reflects Mancini?s fascination with the picturesque realm of street performers. The canvas, the first of several that he devoted to acrobats in the 1870s, was probably inspired by the Cirque Guillaume, a French troupe that toured his hometown of Naples