Lot 1112
1112
Milan, the Five Days of 1848, by Hayez, Fraccaroli and Schieppati, citizens manning a barricade, Austrian troops in the distance, rev. text in ten lines, star above, joined hands and wreath below, signed below BART. GAGNOLA MOTORE, 80mm., 179.05g. (Brambilla p.195 and 259), extremely fine, rare
Milan, the Five Days of 1848, by Hayez, Fraccaroli and Schieppati, citizens manning a barricade, Austrian troops in the distance, rev. text in ten lines, star above, joined hands and wreath below, signed below BART. GAGNOLA MOTORE, 80mm., 179.05g. (Brambilla p.195 and 259), extremely fine, rare

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Milan, the Five Days of 1848, by Hayez, Fraccaroli and Schieppati, citizens manning a barricade, Austrian troops in the distance, rev. text in ten lines, star above, joined hands and wreath below, signed below BART. GAGNOLA MOTORE, 80mm., 179.05g. (Brambilla p.195 and 259), extremely fine, rare

Lot Essay

The obverse was produced to commemorate the uprising that took place 18-22 March 1848. The reverse, dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II, was added in 1859, after the second War of Independence.

See also colour plate