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Refugium Peccatorum Madonna
''Refugium Peccatorum Madonna'' or the ''Refuge of Sinners Madonna'' is a painting by the Italian artist Luigi Crosio. It was painted in 1898. Crosio originally painted the Madonna for the Kuenzil Brothers in Switzerland. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary carrying Jesus as a child A child () is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking .... In 1964 the Swiss province of the Schoenstatt Sisters purchased the original painting. It was then also called the ''Mother Thrice Admirable Madonna''. Sources Research on Luigi Crosio 1898 paintings Paintings of the Madonna and Child Paintings in Switzerland {{1890s-painting-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Crosio
Luigi Crosio (1835–1916) was an Italian painter who lived and worked in Turin, Italy. A fine draftsman and painter, Crosio's work was much sought after for lithographic reproduction. Life Crosio was born in Acqui Terme. He attended the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arte in Turin. 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 Giuseppe Peano (of Peano axioms fame) in 1887. In 1898 he painted the famous Refugium Peccatorum Madonna (i.e. ''Refuge of Sinners Madonna'') which was later also called Mother Thrice Admirable Madonna. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary, and Jesus as the Christ Child T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna (art)
In Christian art, a Madonna () is a religious depiction of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a singular form or sometimes accompanied by the Child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches. The word is (archaic). The Madonna and Child type is very prevalent in Christian iconography, divided into many traditional subtypes especially in Eastern Orthodox iconography, often known after the location of a notable icon of the type, such as the ''Theotokos of Vladimir'', ''Agiosoritissa'', ''Blachernitissa'', etc., or descriptive of the depicted posture, as in ''Hodegetria'', ''Eleusa icon, Eleusa'', etc. The term ''Madonna'' in the sense of "picture or statue of the Virgin Mary" enters English usage in the 17th century, primarily in reference to works of the Italian Renaissance. In an Eastern Orthodox context, such images are typically known as ''Theotokos''. "Madonna" may be generally used of representations of Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
