Luigi Crosio (1835–1916) was an Italian painter who lived and worked in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

, Italy. A fine draftsman and painter, Crosio's work was much sought after for lithographic reproduction.

Life

Crosio was born in

Acqui Terme Acqui Terme (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is about south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'Acqui. The c ...

."Luigi Crosio (Italian, 1835-1915)", Christie's, April 12, 2007
/ref> He attended the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arte in Turin.Savage, Michael. "The man who painted the MTA", Schönstatt-Bewegung Deutschland
/ref> His immediate work afterwards leaned towards commercial paintings, but thereafter he specialised in genre painting with romantic 17th century scenes, period portraits, or Pompeian scenes. He also liked the opera and depicted several scenes from popular operas. He was listed as a lithographer and was involved in publishing books and images. He had several daughters and one of them, Carola Crosio, married the famous mathematician

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(of

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fame) in 1887. In 1898 he painted the famous

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(i.e. ''Refuge of Sinners Madonna'') which was later also called Mother Thrice Admirable Madonna. The painting depicts the

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, and

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as the

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. One of his daughters served as model. Crosio died on January 15, 1916, in Turin, Italy.Savage, Michael. "The man who painted the MTA – a new search", Schönstatt-Bewegung Deutschland
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