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<\/strong>(Milano, documentato dal 1805 to 1850)<\/p>\n
<\/em>1811
Olio su tela, 233 \u00d7 210 cm
Firmato e datato in basso a sinistra<\/p>\n
[…] Il soggetto del dipinto \u00e8 tratto dagli allora popolarissimi Canti di Ossian, pubblicati dallo scrittore scozzese James Macpherson a partire dal 1760. Com\u2019\u00e8 noto, Macpherson pubblic\u00f2 il primo volume di quest\u2019opera in modo anonimo nel 1760, raccogliendo e traducendo con molta fantasia, contraffacendoli e spesso inventandoli di sana pianta, antichi canti gaelici di carattere epico attribuendoli ad Ossian, un bardo leggendario della tradizione scozzese vissuto, secondo la leggenda, nel terzo secolo dopo Cristo e ritenuto una sorta di Omero della cultura nordica.<\/p>\nOssian tells Malvina the deeds of his son Oscar<\/strong><\/h1>
ANDREA PROCACCINI<\/h1>
<\/strong>(Milan, information documented from 1805 to 1850)<\/p>
<\/em>1811
Oil on canvas, 91.73 \u00d7 82.67 in.
Signed and dated on the bottom left<\/p>
[...] The subject of the painting is inspired by the very famous Songs of Ossian<\/em> published by the Scottish author James MacPherson starting from 1760. As is known, MacPherson published the first volume in 1760 anonymously, collecting and translating with great imagination, counterfeiting and very often inventing, ancient Gaelic epic poems and attributing them to Ossian, a legendary bard of the Scottish tradition who lived, according to the legend, in the third century A.D. and was considered a sort of Nordic Homer.<\/p>