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Our Lady of the Innocents in a New York Studio Scheme
A painter Ferris and critic Strongwell use a poor Italian mother Chiara and her infant to stage a dramatic study of maternal grief. They manipulate her despair to evoke pathos for a painting while a jealous husband’s fate unfolds, ending with a triumphant capture of a powerful likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouvery Aeueca
New York
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Fremilion Strongwell
Union Club
Pall Mall
Strongwell
Homer Fervis
Itelian
Ferris
Simeon
Raphael
Andrea del Sarto
Eolvein
Sin Mach
Trongwell
Wuantas Ddvernee
Franchini
Jovel
Chiara
Italien
Verdone
Stongwell
Tie
Timorrow
Jenoly
Strongwill
Palo Degas
Strongwell Calty
Degni
Gilead
Degan
Antonio Franchini
Amadeo
Homer Ferris
Our Lady of the Innocents