{"id":45992,"date":"2025-04-11T06:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T04:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/?p=45992"},"modified":"2025-04-11T17:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:36:34","slug":"hugo-pratt-and-his-imaginary-geographies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/en\/hugo-pratt-and-his-imaginary-geographies\/","title":{"rendered":"HUGO PRATT and his imaginary geographies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45919 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"1031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Pandora<\/i> by Beatrice Brandini<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>An image of Corto Maltese in the courtyard of the Palazzo delle Papesse in Siena<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In view of the centenary of his birth and thirty years after his death, Siena celebrates the father of <b>Corto Maltese<\/b>, the extraordinary <b>Hugo Pratt.<\/b><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-2-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-2-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-2-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-2-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-2.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hugo Pratt&#8217;s tables in the exhibition <i>&#8220;Hugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the largest monographic exhibition dedicated to him (300 works) through drawings, sculptures, watercolours, videos and digital and immersive scenography, of extraordinary quality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hugo Pratt&#8217;s tables in the exhibition <i>&#8220;Hugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Produced by <b>Opera Laboratori,<\/b> and curated by <b>Patrizia Zanotti <\/b>and <b>Patrick Amsellem,<\/b> the exhibition <b><i>\u201cHugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies\u201d,<\/i><\/b> inside the extraordinary <b>Palazzo delle Papesse<\/b> in Siena, celebrates Hugo Pratt, perhaps the most famous Italian cartoonist, one of the few to have achieved international fame; drawings and stories that have traveled around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hugo Pratt\u2019s panel in the exhibition <i>\u201cHugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tribal masks in the exhibition <i>\u201cHugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>At the entrance to the Palais des Papesse is the imposing statue depicting Corto Maltese, created by the large workshops of Opera Laboratori, a faithful replica of the bronze one recreated by Livio Benedetti, a Franco-Italian sculptor, a friend of Pratt, which is currently housed in the Hugo Pratt square in Grandvaux.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/11-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/11-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/11-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/11-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/11-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/11-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hugo Pratt&#8217;s tables in the exhibition <i>&#8220;Hugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/12-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/12-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/12-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/12-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/12-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/12-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hugo Pratt&#8217;s tables in the exhibition <i>&#8220;Hugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hugo Pratt was a curious man, his thirst for knowledge led him to collect over 17,000 books of every genre, format and era, a collection that certainly enriched his imagination. As well as his love for cinema, especially for westerns and films like <i>Mutiny on the Bounty,<\/i> which most likely inspired his passion for travel, for America and for the world of sailors, ideal backdrops for the extraordinary character of Corto Maltese.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/13-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/13-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/13-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/13-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/13-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/13-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>An image of Hugo Pratt in the creation of Corto Maltese<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hugo Pratt&#8217;s tables in the exhibition <i>&#8220;Hugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThis exhibition, <\/i>the authors say,<i> ideally wants to lead visitors through the seven doors that can be considered entrances and paths into as many worlds of the splendid imagination of Hugo Pratt\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cPratt makes his nostalgia for literature, and ours, into the material of adventurous narration\u201d. <\/i>Umberto Eco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/15-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/16-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/16-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/16-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/16-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/16-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/16-1.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Two images from our <i>\u201cHugo Pratt. Imaginary Geographies\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hugo Pratt: a tribute to adventure and fantasy<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cited by great contemporary creatives such as Tim Burton, Paolo Conte, Woody Allen, Frank Miller\u2026 his works have been exhibited in the greatest museums in the world, from the Grand Palais to the Beaubourg in Paris, from the Vittoriano in Rome, to Palazzo della Scala in Siena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/18.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/18-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/18-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/18-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/18-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/18.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Statue of Corto Maltese at the entrance of the Palazzo delle Papesse and Hugo Pratt observing it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-bis-tavola-di-Hugo-Pratt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-bis-tavola-di-Hugo-Pratt-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-bis-tavola-di-Hugo-Pratt-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-bis-tavola-di-Hugo-Pratt-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-bis-tavola-di-Hugo-Pratt-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-bis-tavola-di-Hugo-Pratt.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Signed lithograph by Hugo Pratt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/21-Corto-Maltese-di-Hugo-Pratt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/21-Corto-Maltese-di-Hugo-Pratt-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/21-Corto-Maltese-di-Hugo-Pratt-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/21-Corto-Maltese-di-Hugo-Pratt.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maltese poster by Hugo Pratt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>A glimpse of the wonderful Piazza del Campo in Siena.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In 2013 I had already dedicated a post to this great artist (if you want to recover it this is the link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/hugo-pratt-corto-maltese-the-pea-coat\/?lang=en\">https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/hugo-pratt-corto-maltese-the-pea-coat\/?lang=en<\/a>), recognizing, beyond the extraordinary artistic talent, a modernity that still today, and every time, amazes me.<\/p>\n<p>Long live Corto Maltese, long live those who with their art know no boundaries, just like Hugo Pratt.<\/p>\n<p>Good life to everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandora by Beatrice Brandini An image of Corto 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