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Il Villaggio Regina Elena a Messina -- Dalla Morte Alla Vita (The Village of Queen Helen at Messina -- from Death to Life), (painting). Artist:  Hale, Robert, b. 1876, painter. Title:  Il Villaggio Regina Elena a Messina -- Dalla Morte Alla Vita (The Village of Queen Helen at Messina -- from Death to Life), (painting). Other Titles:  Village of Queen Helen of Messina -- from Death to Life, (painting). Dates:  1910. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  1.15 x 2.20 m. Description:  A triptych depicting the village in Messina (Sicily) built with funds donated by the Queen for survivors of the 1908 earthquake there. In the center panel figures walk along a road with palm trees and houses beyond. In the right panel a figure is seated on a circular stairway leading up to a white brick building. In the left panel a figure stands outside of a house with small front porch. Subject:  Landscape -- Italy -- Sicily Landscape -- Italy -- Messina Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Figure group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Palazzo del Quirinale, Secretariato General della Presidenza della Repubblica, Rome, Italy Remarks:  The triptych was commissioned from the artist by the Queen and was purchased in March of 1911. References:  Serwer, Jacquelyn Days, 1990. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 78160012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 78160012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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