PALACE OF THE PRIORS representation of plebiscite

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Name: PALACE OF THE PRIORS - REPRESENTATION OF PLEBISCITE
Type: framework
Art_classification: modern age
civilization: modern age
Historic Period: 1860
integrity: total
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Location: Assisi
satellite coordinates: 43.070904,12.615051
description language: english
belongin to: Palace of the Priors
Current use: private space

In memory of the plebiscite which ratified the annexation of Assisi to the Kingdom of Italy (4th November 1860), Alessandro Venanzi (Perugia 1838 – Assisi 1916) painted a large canvas with an allegory of Justice, a woman with a scale and a sword in her hand, sitting on a cart drawn by three lions and followed by rejoicing angels. Four angels lift up a flag with the coat of arms of Assisi. Two other small angels below put their vote into a ballot urn with the words “YES – NO”. A naked standard bearer holding a white flag opens the parade, and a flying girl dressed in green with a three-colored stripe (the Italian flag) and a writing “LIBERTAS” closes it.