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Santuario della Madonna di Tirano, Valtellina, Italy (2022)Watercolour by Tollo Pozzi
31 x 41 x 0.1cm (unframed)
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Original artwork description
Sanctuary Madonna of Tirano, Valtellina, Italy.
According to tradition, at dawn on 29 September 1504 the Madonna appeared, promising the cessation of the plague if a temple was built in her honor in the exact spot where she appeared. The people of Tirano, comforted by a series of events considered miraculous, immediately took action and on 25 March 1505, during a solemn ceremony, the foundation stone of the building was laid.
The town of Tirano, in the heart of Valtellina, is famous as the starting point of the Bernina red train, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Watercolor made on 100% coarse-grained cotton paper.
Details:
- Watercolour on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 31 x 41 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#church#sanctuary#landscape painting#alps#basilica#church painting#alpine landscape#italian church#alpine art#valtellina
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Original artwork description
Sanctuary Madonna of Tirano, Valtellina, Italy.
According to tradition, at dawn on 29 September 1504 the Madonna appeared, promising the cessation of the plague if a temple was built in her honor in the exact spot where she appeared. The people of Tirano, comforted by a series of events considered miraculous, immediately took action and on 25 March 1505, during a solemn ceremony, the foundation stone of the building was laid.
The town of Tirano, in the heart of Valtellina, is famous as the starting point of the Bernina red train, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Watercolor made on 100% coarse-grained cotton paper.
Details:
- Watercolour on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 31 x 41 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#church#sanctuary#landscape painting#alps#basilica#church painting#alpine landscape#italian church#alpine art#valtellina
Tollo Pozzi
Italy
About
I have been painting since I was I child and when I rediscovered
watercolour I fell madly in love with this medium! It is a way to make a kind
of improvisation,... Read more