The article reports on the works of Massimo d'Azeglio, a Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter. Topics discussed include the Epistolary of M. d'Azeglio, his active correspondence between November 4, 1852 and December 29, 1856; his reading of the Roman question; his interpretation of the Eastern question; and his paintings during the period while he gave up the writing of novels.