The Battle of Solferino
Carlo Bossoli · 1859
Why it's great
The Battle of Solferino in 1859 was so bloody that a Swiss businessman who witnessed it, Henry Dunant, started the Red Cross. Carlo Bossoli painted it the same year.
🏛️ Part of history
The Unification of Italy & Germany (1815–1871) — The Battle of Solferino in 1859 was so bloody that a Swiss businessman who witnessed it, Henry Dunant, started the Red Cross.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Carlo Bossoli was an Italian-Swiss painter born near Lugano in 1815. He worked in Odessa and then Turin, where he painted detailed pictures of the battles and events of the Italian wars of independence. He died in Turin in 1884.
