Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Portrait painting by Aldo Carpi Di Resmini, a former Italian inmate of Mauthausen concentration camp, for Colonel Frank Weaver, who was with the US Army when it liberated the camp.
- Date
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creation:
1945 July
- Geography
-
creation:
Milan (Italy)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Richard C. Weaver
- Signature
- "Aldo Carpi di Resmini R. Accademia Brera Milano Italia" (verso, in paint)
- Contributor
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Artist:
Aldo C. di Resmini
- Biography
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Aldo Carpi di Resmini was an artist and an Italian inmate at Mauthausen who survived by painting portraits of Nazi officers. See curatorial file, "Artist Tricked Nazis to Escape Death; Painted Madison Man" by Sterling Sorensen.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Paintings
- Object Type
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Portrait painting (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Frank M. Weaver in uniform.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 19.375 inches (49.213 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm)
- Materials
- overall : canvas, oil paint, wood
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Richard C. "Doc" Weaver, the son of Frank Weaver.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:13
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn7348
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