Venice, Kingdom Of Lombardy. An Oil Painting Depicting The Bridge Of Fists, C.1845 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 40 mm x 64

40 mm x 64

and the 93rd Highlanders

mounted to a cast bronze with black painted upward-facing crescent base

mounted to a gilt zinc cross

53 mm (w) x 48

Venice, Kingdom Of Lombardy. An Oil Painting Depicting The Bridge Of Fists, C.1845 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 40 mm x 64A well preserved oil on wood painting depicting Pietro Liberis classic Ponte dei Pugnia (Bridge of Fists), originally presented as an oil on canvas image. Hand painted directly onto a wooden base, the scene consists of a simplified but recognizable rendering of the original image, depicting competing Venetian political factions engaging in a melee, with individuals being thrown into the water below. It is unsigned and riveted into a dark brown