A figure resembling Italy’s prime minister on a church wall has been scrubbed out after an outcry over blurring the lines ...

An artist who restored a fresco in a church in central Rome with a likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has ...

A cherub painting in Rome - restored in 2023 after water damage - attracted large crowds due to its resemblance of Italian ...

Restorer Bruno Valentinetti admitted he had styled the angel on Meloni, but did not say why.

Politicians have been sneaking into religious art for centuries. The Byzantine emperor Justinian had himself depicted in a ...

The artist who painted the cherub has admitted it was Giorgia Meloni's face, as the Rome church sees a steady flow of curious ...

Following days of intense public debate and a surge of curiosity-seekers, the likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia ...

Call it divine intervention, or maybe just a hasty fix-it job to put an end to days of speculation and scandal. But the end ...

An angel restored with the face of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been scrubbed off a wall painting in a central ...

Italy investigates an angel painting in a Rome church after its restored cherub draws comparisons to Giorgia Meloni.

Former army general Roberto Vannacci quit the League group, part of Italy's governing coalition, on Tuesday to set up his own ...