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In Germany they (wide brimmed soft hats) were are associated with the 1848 failed Baden revolution and supposedly had an Italian origin (Calabrian, Italian Republicans).The paintining is a sort of manifesto in which every elements get a meanings, the hat too, in a period of wigs, tricorn but also big and wide brimmed soft hats. Here in Italy they are often associated with street brigands
My namesake.
Calabrian / Hecker Hat
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalabreser
https://translate.google.com/transl...ipedia.org/wiki/Kalabreser&edit-text=&act=url
http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/176-heckerhut-hecker-hat-1848/#entry997
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