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Angel Holding a Scroll

Angelo con cartiglio - Angel holding a scroll
Object belonging
One's own
Category
Wood sculpture
City
Rome
Location
Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia
Specific location
Study room, cabinet shelf 1, section G
Inventory
PV 08181
Material and technique
Sculpted and carved wood, paint, gilding
Author
German School
Dating
First quarter of 16th century
Dimensions
64 x 30 x 14 cm.
Origin
Tower-Wurts Collection (1933)
Image copyright
SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This unpublished work, which came from the Wurts collection (W 1179), depicts a kneeling angel with large wings, which were originally red and blue, as can be glimpsed from what remains of the polychromy, and dressed in a long tunic, with deep folds that become denser in the lower part. The hands, with slender fingers, hold up a long scroll that curls at the edges. The plump face is framed by ringlets that are blown by the wind. Despite its poor condition, the work has interesting qualities, especially its attention to detail and the naturalistic rendering of the figure (which would have been originally hung up high), and dates from the German Renaissance.
Grazia Maria Fachechi 
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