L'amore che doma la forza

Vittorio Emanuele II (Legato Principe Odone) 1866 Genova - legato

Varni, Santo

GAM0940

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 85; Larghezza: 62; Profondità: 90

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The marble sculpture, of which the preparatory sketch in patinated terracotta is also preserved, is the work of sculptor and archaeology scholar Santo Varni. It was part of the collections of Prince Odone of Savoy, donated by King Victor Emmanuel II to the city of Genoa in 1866 after the untimely death of his son. Odone commissioned the work from the Genoese sculptor, whom he knew well, as Varni was linked to the circle of intellectuals and artists that surrounded the young Savoy and had been his teacher and advisor in establishing his collection.

Fantastic views of Italy's main monuments

1898 Genova - acquisto

Tetar Van Elven, Petrus Henricus Theodor

GAM 471

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 252; Larghezza: 353

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The painting is conceived in appearance as a grandiose 'collage' of all the symbolic monuments of the most important Italian cities to avoid censorship problems, but in reality it is conceived as a sort of pre-manifesto of Italian Unification. On the far left of the canvas there is a partial view of the Lanterna in Genoa, to bring together, through the most recognisable and symbolic architecture of the peninsula - from the cathedral in Milan to St. Mark's in Venice, from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to St. Peter's in the Vatican to the smoking Vesuvius in the Bay of Naples - all of Italy under the Savoy flag. The depiction of Sicily is missing because Giuseppe Garibaldi would leave with a thousand volunteers to annex it to the Kingdom of Italy only two years later, on 5 May 1860.
The large canvas, painted by the Dutchman Petrus Henricus Theodor Tetar van Elven, one of the artists closest to the reigning dynasty of Savoy, belonged to the Marquis of Mazzinian ideas Filippo Ala Ponzone. Rectangular canvas painting with frame.

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