The plasticity of the material used enhances an incisive, strong modeling and the surface values, evident in the variation of the textures according to the imitated material, from the roughness of the thick fabric of the jacket to the silkiness of the handkerchief to the skin, according to a realist approach pushed to mimicry descriptive, characteristic of the teaching of Odoardo Tabacchi, of which Sartorio was a very skilled pupil. The power of this vigorous portrait is also given by the proud and decisive expression of the face, in which the advanced age highlights the severe and warning features of the character. The presence of the bust in Casa Galiberti is an expression of an authentic veneration that Tancredi and his children had for the Risorgimento hero, witnessed, among other things, by the writings of his father, by the commitment of the "Sentinel of the Alps" in promoting his celebrations. and from the numerous documents on the Garibaldi epic present in the library and in the archive of the house.