Revenge of Amidei, 1861 (oil on canvas)

Revenge of Amidei (La vendetta degli Amidei), by Eleuterio Pagliano, 1861, 19th Century, oil on canvas, 98 x 159 cm Whole artwork view. The painting represents a historical episode, that is, the conspiracy against Buondelmonte, which constituted the origin of the division between Guelphs and Ghibellines: three armed men lunge outside, at the sign of a fourth man who appears on the doorstep, while in a corner in halfshadow canbe distinguished two desperate women; the scene os full of emphasis, which is conferred by colour and light effects Eleuterio Pagliano National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-GNAM