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Virgin of milk. Patrizia Renzi. Miniature icon. Cremona, Italy 2009

Icon made of solid wood prepared by Andrea Boggiani, hand-painted on gold leaf by Patrizia Renzi of the verArte workshop in Cremona.

Dimensions: 70 x 53 mm

SectionPainting
MaterialWood
ContinentEurope
CountryItaly
Year2009

Inspired by the work of the Sienese painter Paolo di Giovanni Fei (1345 - 1411) who in the 1370s painted several "Madonna del latte". There is one in the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo in Siena, two in the Metropolitan museum (MET) of New York. another in the collection of the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Foundation (Princeton and Monte Carlo).

Inspired by the work of the Sienese painter Paolo di Giovanni Fei (1345 - 1411) who in the 1370s painted several "Madonna del latte". There is one in the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo in Siena, two in the Metropolitan museum (MET) of New York. another in the collection of the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Foundation (Princeton and Monte Carlo).