Divino Infante Museum - Divine Child

With its 200 sculptures from the last 3 centuries, the collection Hiky Mayr is the most important exhibition of figurative works of the Divine Child.
No museum and no private collection have such a rich and distinctive section of figurative representation related to Baby Jesus.

More than 100 amongst the most beautiful masterpieces, including “Bambino irrequieto nella greppia” (the restless child in the manger) , “Bambino dormiente sulla croce” (the sleeping child on the cross), “Bambino nelle braccia di Maria” (the child in Maria’s arms), “Bambino Gesù in piedi come re del mondo” (standing baby Jesus as the king of the world) are presented in this incomparable exhibition.

These artistic sculptures represented naked or wrapped-up in precious costumes with fine embroideries, magnificent lace works, pearls and coloured glass stones, have not just an artistic value but also an historic ecclesiastic value.

These masterpieces created in wood, wax, terracotta or papier-mâché demonstrate a religiosity directed to the cult of the Divine Child that at the start of the XVII century was very popular in catholic Europe.