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GEROLAMO INDUNO (Milan 1827 - 1890) BUST OF A MAN, FACING LEFT
Black chalk, heightened with white, on yellowish paper; 405 x 285 mm. Signed and dated 'G. Induno / 1854', A presentation drawing, reminding Piazzetta's 'Teste di carattere' and showing the influence of Hayez. EXHIBITED: Chiavari (GE), 2006, Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Rocca, 'Da Fattori a Nomellini, Arte e Risorgimento'; cat. no. 25, illustrated. Gerolamo Induno studied at the Accademia di Brera in Milan under Sabatelli and Hayez. He was a versatile genre painter, who, like his older brother Domenico, was inspired by contemporary reality. Both were political activists, committed to a united Italy, and were implicated in the 1848 insurrections. Gerolamo also partecipated in the Crimean War (1854/55) and in 1859 fought in Garibaldi's army. From 1860 he devoted himself almost completely to paintings commemorating and celebrating episodes of 'Risorgimento', creating an iconography of the Italian struggle for independence. |
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