Typical technique of foreign and German traveling painters: oil on metal plate, probably of zinc, repainted in red to make it look like very fine copper. The painting depicts a scene of an assault by the pontifical dragons against the Ciociari brigands. The various sketches inside the painting first show us the misdeeds of the brigands and a subsequent arrival of the troops.
Above right - The carriage stopped by the brigands, abandoned empty on the road, with the dead man on the ground; the well-dressed woman kidnapped and dragged away by the brigands. The women are dressed in the colorful costumes of Ciociaria and the typical folded cloth headdresses.
The painting is in good condition.
He repeats with minimal differences the scene of Horace Vernet, painted in 1831, during his stay in Italy as director of the French Academy.
Modern wooden structure.
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BRONZE Seller in Firenze, Italy
