Swiss politician Sanija Ameti resigned from her position after a photograph of her shooting at a Christian piece of art was exposed. Earlier this month, Ameti took to her Instagram page to share a picture depicting herself using a reproduction of a Madonna and Child Pre-Renaissance florent painting as a gun shooting target.
The painting in question, called Madonna and Child with the Archangel Michael, by Tomaso del Mazza, came from a Koller auction house catalogue. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, accompanied by the Archangel Michael.
Ameti’s Instagram post showed her with a sports pistol during shooting practice, as well as a the painting of Mary and Jesus riddled with gunshots, Swiss Info reported on September 9.
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