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| | Painted flag. The national tricolour in Italian painting 1797 — 1947 |
 | | On 7th January 1797, in Reggio Emilia, the representatives of the cities of Bologna, Modena, Ferrrara and Reggio chose the flag that was to symbolize the new-born Cispadana Republic. |
 | | The tricolour becomes, through metaphor, the symbol of Truth in the work of Pelagio Palagi, it bears witness to the suffering of the Italian people in the Christian Martyrs by Domenico Morelli, it symbolizes the strength of Italy in Antonio Muzzi and Vito Timmel, and the country's new springtime in the work of Tullio Garbari. |
 | | the tricolour as part of the contemporary way of life, from domestic scenes by Odoardo Borrani and Gioacchino Toma to the city landscapes and monuments of Ippolito Caffi and Giacomo Favretto, to Francesco Paolo Michetti's "Mammina" (Mummy), whose white, red and green dress suggests an identification between nation and mother figure. |
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