The return home of the painting "La Madama”, depicting Margaret of Austria and attributed to Anton Domenico Gabbiani, "is a beautiful collaboration between institutions, and the Senate, along with the Chamber, is the highest expression of popular sovereignty. The Senate is in the home of the Italians and it is as if this painting enters the home of the Italians, who are its rightful owners”. This was said yesterday by Minister of Culture Germano Sangiuliano, on the occasion of the presentation in the Senate of the famous painting depicting the widow of Alessandro de Medici, who lived in Palazzo Madama itself, and which will be on loan from the Uffizi in Florence until the summer. Senate President Ignazio La Russa did the honors during the unveiling event of the painting, which dates back to the early 1700s, and relaunched the Senate's cultural role by recalling the traditional pre-Christmas concert on Sunday, which "this year is special, as it will be entirely dedicated to Italian opera, and to the celebration of Alessandro Manzoni", whose 150th anniversary of his death falls. The director of the Uffizi, Eike Schmidt, who became an official Italian citizen just last week, was applauded.
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