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The Battle of Magenta was fought on 4 June 1859 near the town of Magenta in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, a crown land of the Austrian Empire, during the Second Italian War of Independence. It resulted in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferenc Gyulay .
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On June 4, 1859, during the Battle of Magenta (French: Bataille de Magenta), Colonel de Chabrières was at the gates of the city. On Horse at the head of his Legionnaires who charged the Austrians, he found death at Magenta, hit by a bullet in the middle of his chest while ordering the charge of his regiment.
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The painting represents one of the best-known episodes of the Second Italian War of Independence, namely the Battle of Magenta. Fattori's representative choice, however, shifts the view to a particular moment of the battle: in fact, it is not the heroic aspect of it that is depicted, but the dignified return of the wounded soldiers to the rear to be assisted by the nurses.
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