Mother Mourning the Death of her Child
Technical Details
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Title
Mother Mourning the Death of her Child -
Author
Giuseppe Molteni -
Year
1845 -
Dimensions
cm 146 x 116 -
Inventory
2200 -
Room
XXXVII -
Signature
Molteni 1845
Shown at Brera, this work was acclaimed as Molteni’s masterpiece and shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855. Unquestionably influenced by Hayez’s Melancholy the picture revisits the theme in a contemporary light, in an everyday context and with moral and social implications, the woman mourning the son for whom she has woven a wreath of flowers. Molteni was appointed curator of the Pinacoteca di Brera in 1855 and subsequently became its director.