PITTORE DEL XIX SECOLO Lot n° 747

Carica dei cavalleggeri di Monferrato a Montebello Oil on canvas, 80X176.5 cm The painting depicts the subject of the work by Sebastiano De Albertis, Carica dei cavalleggeri di Monferrato a Montebello, now in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome. In the large, highly animated canvas we can perceive the ground shaking, the stones splashing under the hooves, the dust, the furious neighing and the soldiers' war cry. In the centre of the composition, illuminated by a ray of light, we can see the horses energetically led by the soldiers. Only an artist who had known the battlefield could have made the myth of Risorgimento heroism so real.