Antonio Rizzi (1869-1940)
Madonna della Pace
1927
Oil on canvas
Gallery of Modern Art, Pitti Palace, Florence
Antonio Rizzi, the Italian symbolist and then later Liberty artist was responsible for a number of patriotic mosaics added to the Victor Emmanuel Monument in Rome after the First World War: La Pace, il Libero pensiero, L' Unione, La Legge, Il Valore
He embraced the Risorgimento
He reflects a society going from largely agrarian to industrial. But his sympathies are with the people of the countryside
His work is largely theatrical in nature
There is an ambiguity and mysteriousness to this depiction of the Madonna della Pace
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