Il Bambino
Il Bambino is the name given in art to the image of the infant Jesus in swaddling clothes common in Roman Catholic churches. The most famous is the miracle-working Santissimo Bambino in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli at Rome, the festival of which is celebrated on the feast of the Epiphany.
It was also sold as a classic Greek statue.
It is also the title of a sculpture by Michelangelo of a reclining child. Michelangelo sculpted the statue from a block of scrap marble, then rubbed it with dirt and a wire brush to artificially age it. The sculpture was sold to a collector as a work of ancient Greek classic art.
