I liked to prepare this Lieutenant on horse. I was inspired by the superb plates of Quinto Cenni, a person that made tons of watercolors on the Italian uniforms of the XIX and beginning XX Centuries.
I prepared 2 differnt versions: the first with his right hand down, hidden and the second with the sword. At the very beginning of the campaing (so for Dogali) the uniforms and the way of dressing of the Italian Army - and above all the Officers - were still old fashioned, more attentive to the beauty than to the confort. And for this reason I do prefer the first uniforms of this period.
1887 Dogali. Lieutenant on horse
Copyright Michele Savasta Fiore
Very beautiful the saddle and the Savoy-blue sash.
1887 Dogali. Lieutenant on horse with unsheathed sword
Copyright Michele Savasta Fiore
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