The blessing ceremony of the altarpiece depicting the Madonna and Child (known as the Madonna de’ Ferrari) which the artist Maurizio Meldolesi donated took place last Saturday at the Oratory of the ancient Roman Church of Sant’Eligio de’ Ferrari. to the Confraternity directed by Dr. Giovanni Danna, replacing a nineteenth-century wooden Crucifix which was in danger of detaching from the wall and which in turn replaced an eighteenth-century Madonna and Child.
The artist Meldolesi (in the photo) is known for being among the most representative exponents of an artistic practice that knows how to combine figuration with an accentuated realism imbued with emblematic meanings that lead to reflection and meditation; as in the case of this superb Madonna de’ Ferrari, in which the influence and quotes from ancient masters such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio and others testify to a rare ability to unite past and present by virtue of an authentic passion and love for ‘art of all time. We interviewed him at the end of the touching ceremony officiated by Msgr. Sandro Corradini, known to all scholars as the greatest archivist of Caravaggio.
