[Blessings from an angel]

[Blessings from an angel]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Anichini, Ezio, 1886-1948 artist
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Croce rossa italiana. Commissione regionale propaganda, issuing body.
Publication:
Firenze : [Croce rossa italiana, Commissione regionale propaganda], [1916]
Language(s):
Italian
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Red Cross
World War I
Italy
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Postcard features a painting of Ezio Anichini in which an angel in a long gown with a red cross on her chest rises above the crowd, a woman kneeling in front of her is holding a baby high up for blessing, and two children are kneeling also on each sides. Another woman waiting behind with a baby in her lap is looking up at the angel. The whole postcard is in cream color with red lines outlining all the figures.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101620163 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D04492
OCLC no.:
869514797
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101620163