Adolfo Dumini or Duminy (born 11 May 1863) was an Italian painter active in

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. He was the son of the painter Leopoldo Dumini. He painted mainly

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subjects. He also marketed antiquities and copied classic masterpieces. He emigrated to

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, but returned to Italy during

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. His son,

Amerigo Dumini Amerigo Dumini (January 3, 1894 – December 25, 1967) was an American-born Italian fascist hitman who led the group responsible for the 1924 assassination of Unitary Socialist Party leader Giacomo Matteotti. Biography ...

, born in 1896 in

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, was a paramilitary for the fascist regime of

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, responsible for the 1924 assassination of Unitary Socialist Party leader Giacomo Matteotti.Dalle carte segrete del Duce. Momenti e protagonisti dell'Italia fascista
by Peter Tompkins, page 100.

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1863 births Year of death missing 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian genre painters Painters from Florence 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub