Madonna del Pilar
On the central nave of the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, on the first left pillar, there is an image of the Madonna del Pilaro.
The Madonna and a Child is a 14th-century work by Stefano da Ferrara.
Entering, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, the Basilica del Santo in Padua and being attracted by an image, ...and of that image preserving the memory in the following days.
A joyful and at the same time reassuring memory, a memory that sooner or later will take me back there, just to see that picture again, that mother with her child in her arms.
You find it as soon as you enter the Basilica, on the left side. It is the image of Our Lady of the Pillar who looks at you and welcomes you and seems to say, «Welcome you too, I was waiting for you.»
And she never lets go of that welcoming, maternal gaze of hers!!!
She does not let go of you when she says the same thing to the hundreds of visiting faithful. He follows you, with those eyes of his that turn and look at you wherever you think you are going, you don't run away from him and he seems to say, «I want to help you.»
Forgive me St. Anthony, forgive me Saints of Heaven, if wherever I go to churches and basilicas, almost only to her I bow and only to her I prostrate.
She is the greatest among humans! And it is to Her, to her who was called to conceive her creator, that I have entrusted the troubled path of my life.
Leonardo Peverati March 29, 2017
«Madonna del Pilar», board size without frame 232x190x15 mm
Jewelry on the icon
Our Lady's maforium is adorned with 3 flowers in 18 karat yellow gold. Two flowers on the shoulder are placed against each other, just as the baby presses its cheek against Our Lady's cheek. The pink sapphire matches the pink glow of the clouds. On the forehead there is a small gold flower with a white gem. And on the baby's shoulder there is a star in yellow gold with a small paraiba tourmaline with the neon sugar cloud inclusions.
The Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus lovingly greet you with a look.
He follows you, with those eyes of his that turn and look at you wherever you think you are going, you don't run away from him and he seems to say, «I want to help you.»
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