Tributes to the Soldiers in War
Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

 

Author(s):

Carpanetto, Giovanni Battista, 1863-1928, artist

 

Contributor(s):

Zwerdling, Michael, former owner

 

Publication:

Torino : Lit. Doyen di I. Simondetti, [1918]

 

Language(s):

Italian

 

Format:

Still image

 

Subject(s):

Wounds and Injuries,

World War I, Italy

 

Genre(s):

Postcards

 

Abstract:

Postcard features a painting by Giovanni Carpanetto in which an angel with spread wings is behind a man, holding his head and kissing his forehead. The man looks like he is in a trance and is holding a flag that covers part of his body. The man is holding a gun in his other hand.

 

Extent:

1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm

 

Provenance:

Purchase; Michael

Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.

 

Technique:

color

 

NLM Unique ID:

101622089

 

NLM Image ID:

D04519

 

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101622089