Madonna Of The Streets (1925 Film)
The , commonly known as the ''Madonna of the Streets'' ( it, Madonna delle vie) or , was a painting by Roberto Ferruzzi (1854–1934) that won the second Venice Biennale in 1897. The models for this painting were 11-year-old Angelina Cian and her younger brother. Although not originally a religious painting, it was popularized as an image of the Virgin Mary holding her infant son, and has become the most renowned of Ferruzzi's works. The original artwork is believed to be a vertical Sepia painting in a gold gilded frame approximately 27cm in Height and 21cm wide. Fate of the original painting The original painting made its first appearance at the Venice Biennale in 1897. John George Alexander Leishman, a steel entrepreneur and diplomat, who died in France in 1924 in France, bought the painting but not the reproduction rights; he is the last known owner. It is possible that the image entered a private art collection in Pennsylvania in the 1950s, but the current location of th ...
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