TWO #CHRIST PORTRAITS BY DIEGO VOCI

Diego Voci; Christo 19 1/2″ x 15 3/4″ #113896 Oil on Fiberboard

the first (above) an oil painting from the collection of Coop Cooprider, Diego Voci Historian. The second (below), a wonderful pastel, is from the collections of Christine Khan, Diego’s German agent for Germany from 1972 until after his death in 1985. Easter was a reverent occasion for Voci family in Gasperina, Italy. https://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-antonio-diego-voci-3984818/Page18.html#121380

Diego Voci; Face of Christus # 261-448 15 1/3″ x 11 1/4″

LOST CIMABUE MASTERPIECE HANGING IN KITCHEN SOLD $26.8 MILLION!

TOPSHOT – This photo taken on September 23, 2019 in Paris shows a painting entitled “the Mocking of Christ” by the late 13th century Florentine artist Cenni di Pepo also known as Cimabue. – The painting will be auctioned in Senlis on October 27, 2019. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

“It’s one of the most important Old Master discoveries in the past 15 years.” DIEGOVOCI inspired by and used as a model for much of his own “Christ” works of art. Click here to see: https://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-voci-p…/Page2.html…

Compliments of the Diego Voci Project.
https://news.artnet.com/market/cimabue-27-million-1690672

13TH #CENTURY #PAINTING FOUND HUNG OVER A HOT #PLATE.

Cimabue’s The Mocking of Christ. Courtesy of Actéon and Eric Turquin.

An Elderly Woman Discovered She Had Been Storing a Rare Renaissance Painting in Her Kitchen—and It Could Fetch $6 Million at Auction Next Month

Compliments of The Diego Voci Project team; finding hidden gems like the one above adds to our history. Antonio Diego Voci (VOH-chee 1920-1985) captures history with his Madonna and Child paintings.

View Here: https://www.pinterest.com/diegovoci/madonna-and-child-by-diegovocitm-mother-and-child/

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

JESUS BIRTHPLACE CONDITIONS WERE NOT LUXURIOUS.

Gipsy Girl with Child #451-247 Anita Harnis until 2014

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

#MADONNA and CHILD PART#4 #FRAMED IN #GOLD

The Fairchild family members Cheryl and Dan, along with their son Brad each have at least one #Diego Voci #masterpiece! Today we feature Brad’s #Madonna as Part #4 of our trail to the birth of #Jesus on #Monday:

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Madonna” by Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985) #113892, 31″ x 23″

Imagine finding a #treasure like Brad did online. Keep a lookout…a couple of thousand Diego oil paintings are scattered around the world. Our DVP team just found a treasure in #Lithuania. You never know where you’ll find your’s!

We’ve featured several of the Fairchild family #Diego Voci #Collection:

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/new-generation-discovering-diegovoci-gold-part-one/

https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/diegovoci-masterwork-a-family-affair/

Take a virtual #Museum Tour created by Stephen #Max in Alberta, #Canada:

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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.

Bethlehem Icon Center of Jesus

008 Face of Christus # 261-448 15.3 x 11.4in

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.