Posted 9 years ago
horeau
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I found this in a brocante in the South of France. It is an 8x6 inch portrait of a young boy with some form of halo sketched around his head. It is lovely quality and I cannot make out if it is a print or an original.
Can anyone help me as to its' origins/artist etc ? Thanks.
It may be signed but is hidden by the frame matting
It is probably an image of St Dominic Savio.
The Italian Govt issued a stamp in 1957 commemorating the centenary of the deat of Dominic Savio. This looks to be a detail of the image used in that stamp.
http://colnect.com/it/stamps/stamp/61076-Portrait_of_St_Dominic_Savio-1°_centenario_della_morte_di_San_Domenico_Savio-Italia
This is an amazing picture of his tomb in Torino ...
http://www.donbosco-torino.it/image/04/5-S_Domenico_Savio_Urna_1b.jpg
Excellent vetraio50 - http://www.traditions-monastiques.com/en/western-catholic-icons-saints-for-sale-art-prints-of-paintings/942-saint-dominic-savio-ic-7089df.html
vetraio50, thank you, thank you ,thank you
You too aghcollect