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Gli ultimi momenti di Carlo Emanuele I di Savoia
Umberto I post 1891 Genova
GAM 22
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 254; Larghezza: 372
Società Promotrice di Belle Arti - Genova - post 1891
Nicolò Barabino commemorates the death of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy, the ambitious duke who wrested possessions from France in the 17th century and was considered an example to follow in the fight against "the foreigner". The imposing painting was commissioned by Umberto I and then donated to the city of Genoa in 1891, to honour the memory of the artist who suddenly died that year. Unfortunately left unfinished, with the signs of the underlying drawing still evident, it clearly documents the artist's progressive approach to the suggestions of symbolism.