Death of Aulo Magrini

Death of Aulo Magrini

An exchange of fire is taking place between soldiers and civilians in a mountainous area. A soldier and a civilian have been killed. A second civilian is running to hide behind a boulder.

Label reads “123”; signed by the author; caption reads “CARNIA 15 LUGLIO 1944. Il dottor Aulo Magrini da Luint di Ovaro cade in combattimento all’Aquaviva fra Piano d’Arta e Sutrio nobile figura di patriota.”

Caption translates as: “Carnia. 15 July 1944. Doctor Aulo Magrini, born in Luint near Ovaro, fell in action near Acquaviva between Piano d’Arta and Sutrio. He was a noble-minded patriot.

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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