Buoso da Doara
The episode depicted is taken from a historical novel by Domenico Guerrazzi, La battaglia di Benevento (“The Battle of Benevento”), of 1827. Buoso da Doara, formerly lord of Cremona, after betraying his fatherland – and for this Dante put him in the Inferno – was ignominiously driven away from the
An Episode from Sienese History (“The Beautiful Marsilia”?)
The presence of the standard of Siena (the black-and white shield known as the Balzana) and the style of clothing indicate a subject connected with the history of the city in the sixteenth century, perhaps recounted in a novel or short story from the Romantic period, which could be identified
Sienese Women Working on the Fortifications of the City (bozzetto)
While in Rome on a Biringucci fellowship, Aldi worked for a long time on the painting of Sienese Women Working on the Fortifications of the City, which he sent to the Società degli Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni in Siena in 1878 to request an extension of his fellowship. The many
La Fornarina Surprised by Raphael (bozzetto)
Alongside the large-scale paintings of historical and religious subjects presented at the most important public exhibitions and made on commission, during his years in Rome the artist also produced pleasant subjects in a small format, destined for the homes of the new middle class, who particularly appreciated gallant scenes in
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