D1232

Unità di misura: mm; Altezza: 299; Larghezza: 520

biacca

Maestri del disegno - Genova - 1990

The identification of the artist as Ludovico Carracci and the linking of the drawing to a painting on copper in the National Art Gallery of Ferrara is thanks to M. Newcome Schleier. The painting was originally included, together with that of his cousin Agostino, in the dome of the monumental wooden ciborium of the Certosa di San Cristoforo in Ferrara, completed in 1597. From a stylistic point of view, it is typical of Ludovico Carracci's drawings from the mid-1590s, with their “very fine lines and strong chiaroscuro contrast achieved with white lead highlights, in a context with a marked pictorial effect” (Boccardo 1999, entry no. 3). The manna harvest

D4490

Unità di misura: mm; Altezza: 248; Larghezza: 485

matita nera-rossa

One of Domenico Piola's most elegant compositions, this unusually shaped design was intended for use in the creation of a fan. Ink sketch with Apollo and Daphne running in the centre. Daphne is turning into a laurel tree thanks to the intervention of her father Peneus. The scene is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Metamorphoses I 548).

1831 - 1833 - XIX

24

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 75; Larghezza: 90

seta

"Giovine Italia" was an insurrectional political association founded by Giuseppe Mazzini in Marseille in 1831. Its goal was to promote the unity and independence of Italy. The flag belonged to Antonio Dodero, a supporte of Mazzini, who took it with him into exile in 1833. It was later donated to the Municipality of Genoa by his nephew in 1901. The flag is notable for displaying the tricolour horizontally rather than vertically. Despite this difference, it reflects Mazzini’s intention to adopt the tricolour as the symbol of future Italy from the very foundation of Giovine Italia. Tricolour flag with horizontal arrangement of colours: red (at the top), white (in the centre), and green (at the bottom). In the centre of the white band, there is an inscription in red capital letters: 'UNIONE, FORZA E LIBERTÀ !!'

1832 - 1832 - XIX

105-24068

Unità di misura: UNR; Misure mancanti: MNR

inchiostro-carta

Donated to the Municipality of Genoa in 1906 by Edoardo Cabella, the document attests to the identity of the famous “Balilla”, the boy who, in 1747, with a first stone thrown at the Austrians, sparked the revolt of all his fellow citizens. The text of the manuscript reads as follows: "I, known as Balila, began to throw a stone and they replied, “Let's go forward, my brother,” and I said, “Wait a moment, I'll go and get a stick,” and I took it in my hand and began to shout, “Let's go forward, I won't say anything else, the people know it, God knows it, everyone knows it”. In reality, upon closer examination, it was possible to see that the watermark on the sheet bears a trademark and the date 1832, effectively disproving the content of the document. Handwritten document with G.B. Perasso's personal attestation that he is the famous “Balilla” credited with starting the anti-Austrian revolt of 1747.