Italian Square with Politician, 1950-1955 (oil on canvas)

Italian Square with Politician (Piazza d'Italia con uomo politico), by Giorgio De Chirico, 1950-1955, 20th Century, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm Past and Present. Whole artwork view. In the middle of the scene, between two white edifices seen of glimpse, erects a statue representing a man faced backwards on a pedestal; the statue faces a mysterious landscape, where stand out a steam locomotive, a tower and two chimney stacks, one of which emanates a black smoke; the horizon blue sky softens in a golden glare, which enlightens mountains in the distance National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-GNAM