London 1851: Giuseppe Bertini's great glass window of the 'Triumph of Dante'

In 1851 Giuseppe Bertini realizes the great glass window of the Triumph of Dante, today in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana. The work of this young artist re flects the difficult moment for the city of Milan, Following the return of the Austrian domination after the brief victory of the Cinque Giornate and the short experience of the provisional government. The hope and thirst for freedom take shape in Bertini's glass window, and are immediately apprecia ted by the Milanese public, which paid a special attention to the patriotic messages conveyed by thematic, stylistic and technical choices made by the young artist. The fact that the work was sent to the Universal Exposition in London in 1851 had a strong symbolic message for contemporaries, binding the Italian supremacy in the art of glass windows to the celebration of th e indomitable exiled artist.