Vergine Addolorata (Pinacoteca Comunale, Cesena)
August 24, 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi). The pain of the Sorrowful Mother was one of Sassoferrato's specialties: few like him knew how to blend the glorious beauty of the Ever-Virgin Mother of God, the Virgo Assumpta, and the deep and incalculable suffering of her sword-crossed Immaculate Heart.
The Virgin in Prayer (The National Gallery)
Virgo Dolorosa, ora pro nobis!
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See also: Progetto Sassoferrato 2009
