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Related Timeline(s)

• • South America, 1600–1800 A.D.

Related Thematic Essay(s)

• • Polychrome Sculpture in Spanish America

Related Index Terms

Material and Technique

• • Sculpture, In the Round, South America
• • Wood, Carved
• • Wood, Gilded
• • Wood, Polychromed
• • Wood, Sculpture in the Round

Subject Matter/Theme

• • Trade and Travel (1600–1800 A.D.)

Technical Glossary

• • gilding
• • Wood

"Standing Angel [Ecuadoran (Quito)] (64.164.234)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/spsc/ho_64.164.234.htm (October 2006)

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Standing Angel, 18th century
Ecuadoran (Quito)
Wood, polychromed and gilded; H. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964 (64.164.234)