A work for the Jubilee 2025. This initiative comes from the artist Mauro Russo Painter and serves as a good omen following Pope Francis’ discharge from the Gemelli Hospital, where he had been hospitalized since last February 14.
It is a piece that aims to encapsulate a message of peace and hope, like a treasure chest of symbols and colors that lead to a universal image for believers. The work was executed in tempera on paper, measuring 25×27 cm. The profile of Pope Francis, bowed over his cross, offers his words of unity and brotherhood to the crowd at the foot of the Colosseum.
The artist states: “With great enthusiasm, I conceived the idea of creating a piece for the Jubilee 2025. It was also an important opportunity to engage, through this painting, with the great masters of the past and the last century, who never missed the chance to leave their message in such events.”
Mauro Russo, exclusively for GP MAGAZINE, ALCE NEWS, and GIUBILEO MAGAZINE, has shared the painting with us, and we are delighted to present this small-format work to our readers. Russo is now well known in elite artistic circles.
The master has a deep connection with sacred art. We recall his great Crucifix, an oil painting on wood nearly two meters tall, which he donated to the Church of San Pantaleone in Limbadi, Calabria, his hometown. It is still preserved today in the chapel of the baptismal font.
