Many did not forgive Vittorio Emanuele III (1869-1947), king from 1900 to 1946, for having accommodated the rise of Benito Mussolini, and in particular for having signed the racial laws of 1938.
Camillo Miola's 'The Oracle of Delphi', oil on canvas, 1880, and Achille Talarico's 'Portrait of Vittorio Emanuele III', oil on canvas, 1902 - recovered thanks to the ...