The Battle of the Casino dei Quattro Venti during the Siege of Rome, 1849

This depicts an episode referring to the siege of Rome in 1849, during the Roman Republic. Following an order by the French King Louis-Napoléon, the General Charles Oudinot attacked the city with his troops on 1 June. Despite the stiff resistance offered by Giuseppe Garibaldi and the Republican Army, the French troops finally prevailed on 29 June. They entered Rome on 3 July, re-establishing the Holy's See temporal power and creating a provisional military government.
The present painting illustrates one of the most cruel attacks on French troops by the Republican armies: the siege of Villa Corsini also known as Casino dei Quattro Venti, happened during the night of 3 June.