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Anita, diminutive of Anna Maria de Jesus Ribeiro, met Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1839 in Laguna, southern Brazil, where she was living with her husband. From that moment on, Anita would follow and be Garibaldi's companion, the mother of his children and the companion of all his battles. It is Garibaldi himself who describes in his “Memoirs” the meeting with strong romantic overtones and who fuels the legend of Anita as a passionate heroine, contemptuous of danger, who always remained at her companion's side. Garibaldi married her in Montevideo in 1842 and had four children by her.
This portrait is faithfully taken from Gaetano Gallino's miniature - the only one executed from life - kept at the Museo del Risorgimento in Milan. Half-length portrait of Anita Garibaldi, dressed in a dark dress with a lace neckline.