Relief with Half Figure of an Angel, ca. 1430–35, Made in Venice, Italy, North Italian, Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara


Relief with Half Figure of an Angel, ca. 1430–35, Made in Venice, Italy, North Italian, Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara (Italy)), 19 × 25 5/8 × 8 1/8 in., 190 lb. ( × × cm, kg), Sculpture-Stone, This angel, with its soft facial features and weighty, voluminous folds of drapery, represents the medieval style of sculpture typical of Venice in the early 1400s. The earliest sculpture in this gallery, it belongs to a category of figures in high relief made by itinerant workshops for altarpieces and choir screens in churches in northern Italy and Venice


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