General Garibaldi's Residence at Caprera
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34 1/4 x 54 3/8 in. (87 x 138.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. Melvin Goldberg, 1974
Accession Number
1974.159
Tags
Art Historical Context
Frederick Richard Lee’s *General Garibaldi’s Residence at Caprera* (1865) captures the quiet island home of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the celebrated Italian patriot who helped unify Italy. Painted just a few years after unification, the work offers a peaceful view of the modest stone house where Garibaldi lived in semi-retirement on the rocky Sardinian island of Caprera. Lee, a British landscape painter known for his precise yet atmospheric renderings of nature, presents the scene as both a portrait of place and a tribute to a living hero. The large oil-on-canvas format allows Lee to emphasize the ...