Valtorta and Ferri

Lorenzo Ferri (1902-1975) was an artist and sculptor. In his studio in Rome, he created, for the most part, works of sacred art. He was also a Shroud scholar.

Ferri and Valtorta met in 1949 through P. Corrado M. Berti, of the Order of the Servants of Mary, and together, they decided to work on illustrations depicting this major piece of work on the life of Jesus. Some of these illustrations were carried out by Ferri at Viareggio, at Valtorta's bedside while adhering to her instructions; others instead were completed in Rome through correspondence.

It is uncertain whether Maria Valtorta actually saw and approved of all of Ferri's works which illustrate the monumental literary work written by her entitled "The Poem of the Man-God". It is for this very reason that we are now presenting these illustrations in a separate volume, following various attempts to insert them in Valtorta's major work.