19th-Century Lombard Painting Exhibition at Novara Castle

The exhibition 'Milano. Da Romantica a Scapigliata' at Castello di Novara traces the evolution of 19th-century Lombard painting through 150 works, highlighting Milan's urban and social transformations. The show opens with Francesco Hayez's 1853 'Imelda de Lambertazzi', exemplifying Romantic history painting, and proceeds through sections on Milanese vedute by Giovanni Migliara and Giuseppe Canella, portraiture by Hayez, Carlo Arienti, and Giuseppe Molteni (notably 'La Mendicante'), and genre scenes by Gerolamo and Domenico Induno. A pivotal room documents the 1848 Five Days of Milan through historical painting. The final galleries showcase the Scapigliatura movement's atmospheric innovations by Tranquillo Cremona, Luigi Ranzoni, Giuseppe Grandi, and Luigi Conconi, alongside works by Domenico Morelli, Federico Faruffini, and Luigi Carcano. The exhibition runs at Castello di Novara, curated by Stefano Castelli.