Oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated lower right.
A youthful work by the well-known artist, it outlines a figure who, against the background of a city, breaks his sword: the man, whose iconographic features and tunic refer to the imagery of the figure of Jesus, with his gesture seems to want to invite peace. The Genoese painter and engraver Alberto Helios Gagliardo, in addition to a large production of landscapes and portraits, many in a symbolist key, also includes several works with religious, mythological or symbolic content. The work is presented in a frame.