He promised, in the end he fulfilled it. Fabio Rampelli (FdI) managed to expel Napoleon Bonaparte’s staff from his position as vice-president of the Chamber. The work, the portrait of the “scourge of Europe”, was removed and transferred to the Aldo Moro room, right in front of the bronze statue of the Christian Democracy leader. Rampelli’s sovereigntist battle is won. In place of Napoleon, Rampelli wanted a 19th century oil painting, “Bagni di Lucca”, by the landscape painter Vincenzo Segarelli: owned by the Capodimonte Museum, the painting has been temporarily stored in Montecitorio since 1926.
Among the various works still available within the scope of the Chamber’s internal mobility, this one was chosen as a tribute to the beauty of the Italian landscape, protected by article 9 of the Constitution, explain circles close to the vice-president of the Chamber. Even the portrait of Napoleon (surrounded by a laurel wreath, General Napoleon wears a green velvet dress, embroidered with four-leaf clovers and lined with silk, worn on the occasion of his coronation as king of Italy) is “in temporary storage ”. ‘in the Chamber since 1927, but is owned by the Pinacoteca di Brera. Already criticized for the first time in 2021, Rampelli challenged Appiani’s precious and rare canvas just a few weeks ago, announcing his move.
Source: IL Tempo
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