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Lot 4086
An Antique Italian Pictorial Silk Needlework, Our Lady of Caravaggio
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th-century, silk and watercolor on pieced silk, signed "Luigi Meraviglia Dipiar" at lower right, depicting the Madonna of the Fountain of Caravaggio, Lombardy, Italy, appearing to Giovanette, with flowers between them in a landscape with a Basilica visible behind them, presented in a frame under glass.

Frame dimensions 33 1/4 x 34 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Allover toning, scattered spotting, and some minor tears and degradation to fabric and embroidery, damp staining to lower registrar, repair at left side.