MADONNA AND CHILD PART #6 #BETHLEHEM’s #Baby #Jesus

JESUS BIRTHPLACE CONDITIONS WERE NOT LUXURIOUS.

Oil on Canvas, 80 x 60 cm, purchased by Anita Harnis in #Stuttgart, 3 May 1975  It sold on eBay Mar 16, 2014 for a mere $400 via B. #Langston Estate. Where is Madonna now?

#Diego Voci was born to a devout #catholic family of modest means, in the small Italian village of Gasperina, in the Calabria region in #Italy. At age 8, after a trip with his father to #Rome, Diego began sculpting his own small religious sculptures.  Read more:  https://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-painting-of-the-week-5154118/Page4.html#61763

As you’ve seen in the last 5 posts Diego revered “ma donna”. Start here:   https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/madonna-child-by-diego-voci-1/

Diego’s #versatility was one of his greatest strengths. Here are a few of Diego’s many masterpieces. View for Free:  http://www.blurb.com/books/5419805-the-beauty-of-diego

Do you own, or know of someone who owns a Diego (or more than 1)? Write us: diegovociproject@gmail.com

DIEGO VOCI REMEMBERS CHRIST

At this Holy time Artists are inspired, Diego Voci and the Foreign Students of the Bethlehem Icon Center (in Bethlehem) was among them.

Diego Voci FACE OF CHRISTUS 15 1/3″ x 11 1/4″ oil on canvas,

Private collection of Christine Khan

Visit Antonio Diego Voci on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Diego_Voci

We are the Diego Voci Project, an all volunteer group assisting the Diego Voci Estate spreading the awareness of the great internationally collected artist Diego Voci and cataloging all of Diego Voci’s works of art in the Estate’s Archive.