Suspected Banksy of a migrant child in a life-jacket holding a flare appears on the side of a canal in Venice Suspected Banksy appeared in Venice to coincide with the Biennale exhibition It depicts a migrant child in a life-jacket holding a flare beside the city's canal Banksy's representatives and social media accounts have not yet confirmed it In 2015, the Bristolian painted 'The Jungle' at the Calais migrant camp
By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline
Published: 15:31 BST, 15 May 2019 | Updated: 18:01 BST, 15 May 2019
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A new suspected Banksy has emerged in Italy depicting a migrant girl in a life-jacket holding a flare.
The striking composition shows the child holding a flare of streaming pink which flows behind as she stands at the water's edge beside a Venetian canal.
It appeared on the island of Dorsoduro last week and coincides with the city's Biennale art exhibition which attracts hundreds of thousands.
Some have already dubbed the alleged Banksy, 'The Shipwrecked Child.'
Motorboat passes in front of an alleged work of British street artist Banksy, that appeared on the outer wall of a house overlooking the canal Rio de
