20th century school Political allegory. Oil on canvas. 90 x 68 cm. Accents and restorations. Provenance: Château de Canari (Cap Corse), Marcantetti family. Château de Canari was the former residence of the Cenci family. The full title of the Cenci de Canari was "Barons of Canari, Nonza and Ogliastro" since 1556. The Cenci family thus controlled three baronies. The last representative of the family to own Canari castle was Maria Vittoria Cenci, Marquise d'Albon, who was living in Rome at the time with her French husband. She sold the château to the Mattei family, who in turn sold the barony in 1880 to Toussaint Marcantetti, pharmacist in Bastia and mayor of Canari. His three children were born at the château. This political allegory was probably created in the 1920s, depicting a female figure symbolizing Italy triumphant over the "red peril". The composition shows the crushing of socialist and communist publications - L'Unité, le Communisme, Le Spectre Rouge, l'Italie Rouge - while a snake, symbol of subversion, is subdued by the patriotic allegory draped in Italian national colors. This iconography is set against the backdrop of the political tensions of the interwar period and the rise of Italian nationalist movements.