Both church and state in Italy are investigating the restoration of a cherub in a Roman church that bears a striking resemblance to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The diocese of Rome and the Italian ...

The appearance in a Roman church of a cherub that bears a striking resemblance to premier Giorgia Meloni has sparked a minor scandal for both church and state in Italy. The diocese of Rome and the ...

ROME (AP) — There is a long tradition of painters depicting real people in their religious art, but the appearance in a Roman church of a cherub that bears a striking resemblance to Premier Giorgia ...

The restorer responsible for the painting has not explained why he modelled the angel on Ms Meloni A fresco depicting an angel with the face of Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome’s Basilica ...

The Angel Meloni is no more. A painting of a cherub with a face bearing a remarkable resemblance to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni attracted large crowds to the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Raphael, Sistine Madonna (detail), between c. 1512 and c. 1513. Wikimedia Commons We are all familiar with cherubs – small, winged ...