Il Bambino
Il Bambino(Italian for "the Child" ) is the name given in Italy to images of theChrist Childor infantJesuscommon inRoman Catholicchurches.The most famous is the miracle-workingSanto Bambino of Aracoeliin the church ofSanta Maria in Aracoeliin Rome, the festival of which is celebrated on the feast of theEpiphany(January 6).[1]
It is also a name for theSleeping CupidbyMichelangelo,now lost. Michelangelo sculpted the statue from a block of scrap marble, then rubbed it with dirt and a wire brush to artificially age it. The sculpture was sold to a collector as anAncient Greek sculpture.[citation needed]
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[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Bambino, Il".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 302.
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