Acc. № 194 · Archive reference image
Design Objects № 194
Scoperta. Il Pompiere Ignoto
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Exhibition poster for a rediscovered painting by Adolfo Rossi (c. 1885) depicting an unnamed firefighter amid inferno—a classical heroic composition lost to archives until its recovery by Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome. The work resurrects a moment of Italian academic realism that celebrated industrial-age martyrdom through neoclassical rhetoric. Collectors of Italian cultural revisionism and obscure 19th-century institutional art will recognize the subtle irony embedded in its 'discovery' narrative.
Catalogued, not yet released. This artifact will become available to acquire soon.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
1536 × 2752 px · 4.2 MP · portrait
- Section
- Design Objects
- Style
- academic oil painting reproduction, museum exhibition poster
- Mood
- solemn, archival, heroic tragedy
- Palette
- burnt orange, deep brown, cream
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