The Betrothed

(I promessi sposi)

by Alessandro Manzoni

 
 
Fede Galizia (Milan 1578–Milan 1630), Portrait of a Physician (Ludovico Settala?), ca. 1600–05, oil on canvas, 54 x 42 cm (21 ¼ x 16 ½ in) Image courtesy of Robilant + Voena.

Fede Galizia (Milan 1578–Milan 1630), Portrait of a Physician (Ludovico Settala?), ca. 1600–05, oil on canvas, 54 x 42 cm (21 ¼ x 16 ½ in) Image courtesy of Robilant + Voena.

 

For an incisive, fictional account of the 17th-century pestilence that struck Lombardy, read a selection of Alessandro Manzoni’s 1827 The Betrothed (I promessi sposi)

 
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