Giuseppe Garibaldi

Leone Carlini 1933 - acquisto

Gaetano Gallino (Genova 1804 - 1884)

17

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 73.3; Larghezza: 64

olio su tela

Gaetano Gallino, Genoese, exiled as a supporter of Mazzini, met Garibaldi in 1841 in Uruguay and fought under his command in the Italian Legion in Montevideo and, in 1848, on hearing of the revolutionary uprisings, returned with him to Italy. Here, the Hero of Two Worlds is portrayed wearing the legendary red shirt, which he adopted for the first time in 1843 as the uniform of his volunteers of the Italian Legion.

Bandiera dei Mille

Carabinieri di Genova 15 febbario1861 Genova - donazione

Ignoto

27

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 140; Larghezza: 190

seta ricamata

The Neapolitan patriot women donated the flag to Garibaldi in September 1860; in turn, the Neapolitan gave it in an official ceremony in Caserta on 19 October of the same year to the Genoese Carabinieri corps, who handed it over to the mayor of Genoa, Marquis Gerolamo Gavotti, on 15 February 1861 (see nos. 833, 834). Representing the Genoese Carabinieri at the official ceremony were Antonio Mosto, Stefano Canzio, Bartolomeo Savi, Giovanni Fontana and Luigi Malatesta. In later years, at Garibaldi's own wish, it was only displayed at special patriotic ceremonies, as in the case of Giuseppe Mazzini's funeral, which took place in Genoa on 17 March 1872. Garibaldi often referred to this banner as the 'flag of the Thousand'. Since 1915, the flag, known as the 'flag of the Thousand', has been kept in the Museo del Risorgimento.

Spedizione dei Mille

Petrus Henricus Theodor Tetar van Elven 1889 - acquisto

Petrus Henricus Theodor Tetar van Elven (Amsterdam, 1831 - Milano, 1908)

39

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 96; Larghezza: 179

olio su tela

The painting is a faithful reconstruction of the departure of Garibaldi and his volunteers from the cliff of Quarto. The artist’s meticulous attention to detail led him to visit the site as well as to make a careful review of the available documents, images and eye witness reports, this also allowed him to accurately depict the physiognomy of the main protagonists, those close to Garibaldi. Garibaldi himself stands out in the uncertain dawn thanks to the glare created by one of the nearby figures lighting a pipe.

Abbruciamento del Libro d’Oro della nobiltà in piazza dell'acqua verde

A. Capurro 1921

Anonimo

I.M.G. St/3322

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 43.8; Larghezza: 21

incisione su carta

Under the influence of the ideas of freedom and equality originating in revolutionary France and brought with them by Napoleon's armies, a popular uprising in Genoa marked the end of the aristocratic regime and the advent of the democratic Ligurian Republic. The painting depicts the episode in Piazza dell’Acquaverde on June 14th, 1797, when Genoese Jacobins raised the flag of freedom and set fire to the “Golden Book”, the register of the Genoese Nobility.

Inaugurazione del Monumento ai Mille

Plinio Nomellini 1916 Genova - donazione

Nomellini, Plinio

Dip/205

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 39; Larghezza: 44

olio su tavola

The painting documents the atmosphere of anxious anticipation and patriotic exaltation surrounding the inauguration of the Monument to the Thousand. The artist depicted the moment when the large red drape covering Baroni's work was removed and the Hero appeared to rise. The painter Antonio Discovolo relates the circumstances of the creation of this small painting, describing a Nomellini who, at the very moment Gabriele d'Annunzio was giving his speech, squeezed some colour from a small box onto the palette, dipped his fingers in it and began to trace red, blue and yellow stains on a tablet, each time wiping his finger on the lining of the jacket of the painter Eugenio Olivari, who repeatedly tried to get him to use a handkerchief.
Further evidence of the day is provided by the extensive photographic material produced for the occasion.

Goffredo Mameli

Domenico Cozzani 1959 - acquisto

Domenico Induno (Milano, 1815 - 1878)

40

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 42; Larghezza: 34

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Poet, writer and soldier, the author of the lyrics of the Italian National Anthem he was the “soul” of the demonstrations in Genoa which, from 1846, aimed at achieving constitutional reforms; he ran to the aid of the Milanese insurgents against the Austrians in March 1848, took part in the 1st War of Independence and died at the age of 21 in 1849, during the defense of the Roman Republic which was besieged by the French.

Chitarra

Josephine Shaen 1933

Fabricatore, Gennaro

Cat. 286

Tipo di misura: volume; Unità di misura: cm; Valore: 93x29x10

Suonare

Giuseppe Mazzini was a passionate music lover and musician himself. Fully in tune with his time, he considered music education an indispensable element in the education and training of individuals and peoples. His musical interests, in particular his interest in the guitar, are evidenced both in his extensive correspondence with his mother and friends, especially between 1835 and 1856, and in his work 'Philosophy of Music', published in Paris in 1836. A connoisseur of the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries, he also paid particular attention to folk songs, considered the most genuine expression of the human soul. During his exile in Grenchen, Switzerland, he was able to appreciate the local folklore; as evidence of this, the Museo del Risorgimento has a copy of the musical manuscript that bears the autograph note: "Song of the Bernese Herdswomen, my memory of 1836 trusted now to my friend Giannetta Nathan".

Il canto degli italiani

Mameli dei Mannelli, Goffredo - Novaro, Michele

A.I.M.G. 4-803

inchiostro-carta

Mazzini Giuseppe

Itala Cremona Cozzolino 1939 - legato

Emilie Ashurst Venturi (1821-1893)

Dipinti, 42

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 52.5; Larghezza: 43

olio su tela

Giuseppe Mazzini e la musica - Roma, Museo Napoleonico - 31/03/2011 - 06/06/2011

The artist, devoted friend and favourite painter of the Genoese patriot, performed this portrait from life during Mazzini’s period of exile in London. The goal was to print engravings to be sold to raise funds for the Italian cause.
It is the only portrait, before the widespread introduction of photography, which Mazzini considered as being a good likeness and, as such, he sent it to his mother in Genoa.

I tre eroi du popolo zeneize

Roberto Pittaluga 1921

Anonimo

Inv.2817

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 38; Larghezza: 24

Litografia con ritocchi a matita e pastello

In the centre, standing on the mortar, is Balilla, the 11-year-old boy who started the anti-Austrian insurrection of 1746. On the sides are two other young commoners who contributed to the ousting of the Austrians: Pittamuli, who managed to take 50 Austrian grenadiers prisoner in Sant'Agata, and Giovanni Carbone, who on 10 December 1746 distinguished himself in the reconquest of the Porta di San Tommaso, the last enemy stronghold.