Portrait of Pietro Felice Sales

Pietro Felice Sales (1830-1906), husband of Maria Carolina Ambrosini, benefactor of the Female Orphanage, appoints the Maggiore Hospital as his universal heir, providing a life annuity for his wife. The commisiione of the portrait is entrusted to Amerino Cagnoni, a painter who works in various works for the hospital gallery, which performs the portrait live, representing the benefactor in a lively and natural way.