Madonna of the Streets after R FerruzziSOLD
This is an early 20th century copy of the famous Italian work by Roberto Feruzzi, nice example signed G Marino.
size: 58cm x 69cm.
The Madonnina, commonly known as the Madonna of the Streets, was a painting created byRoberto Feruzzi (1854-1934) that won the second Venice Biennale in 1897.
The models for this painting were Angelina Cian (age 11) and her younger brother. Although not originally painted as a religious picture, this painting became popularized as an image of the Virgin Mary holding her infant son, and has become the most renowned of Ferruzzi's works.