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• Intoduction:

  MLB home gallery houses an exhibition of Federico Zanzi in conjunction with Boldini’s and De Pisis’s exposition at Castello Estense in Ferrara. The two exhibitions are linked by a common reflection on the theme of portraits. In Boldini’s works, this theme becomes a celebration of beauty, whereas in De Pisis it emerges as nostalgia for the fleetingness of life. Zanzi, however, sees it both as celebration of beauty and nostalgia. A nostalgia for our roots, for the odours of our grandparents’ houses and of the sweetish hugs of our far-away relatives.