Lot 252
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AN ITALIAN BRONZE BUST OF ANITA GARIBALDI
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AN ITALIAN BRONZE BUST OF ANITA GARIBALDI

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE BUST OF ANITA GARIBALDI
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
In military cap on plinth inscribed ANITA GARIBALDI and Riproduzione Violata and signed C Bella 06 on a purple marble base
6¾in. (17cm.) high overall
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Lot Essay

Anita Garibaldi was the Brazilian-born wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. Their partnership epitomized the spirit of the 19th century's age of romanticism and revolutionary liberalism. Anita experienced her baptism of fire at the battles of Imbituba and Laguna, fighting at the side of her lover.
A skilled horsewoman, Anita is said to have taught Giuseppe about the gaucho culture of southern Brazil and Uruguay. One of Garibaldi's comrades described Anita as "an amalgam of two elemental forces the strength and courage of a man and the charm and tenderness of a woman'

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