Fresco allegedly resembling the Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni

ROME, ITALY, JANUARY 31:People take pictures to a detail of a fresco portraying an angel allegedly resembling the Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is seen in San Lorenzo in Lucina Basilica in Rome, Italy, on January 31, 2026. The Vicariate of Rome stated in a note that it will open an investigation into the recent restoration of the fresco, whose resemblance to Meloni, reported today by several newspapers, has caused a stir and led numerous visitors to see for themselves, taking photosâ"amusedâ"of the detail of the fresco in the Chapel of the Crucifix, dedicated to King Umberto II of Savoy, at the end of the right aisle of the Roman church, as well as sparking a wave of social media irony that even the Prime Minister herself did not hold away back, saying in a post accompanied by a laughing emoji that she definitely does not look like an angel, while the restorer Bruno Valentinetti denies any resemblance between the angelâs face and Meloni. (Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images)