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Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 48; Larghezza: 65

Tela-olio

n the early days of 1872 Mazzini, feeling the end approaching, felt a strong desire to return to Italy. He would have liked to go to Genoa, where one of his sisters, Antonietta Massuccone, was still living, but it was not possible due to some moral qualms put forward by her. Mazzini therefore went to Pisa, where he died on 10 March 1872 surrounded by a few faithful friends and wrapped in the famous “shawl” that had already been used by Carlo Cattaneo in his last moments. This is testified by photographs and paintings, including ours, in which, however, the pattern of the blanket is slightly modified and enlarged compared to the original. Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini on his deathbed, with his eyes closed and a brown checkered blanket over his chest.