Angel Carrying a Crown

French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

During the French Revolution, large church furnishings of copper were often sold as scrap metal. Charming fragments like this were sometimes preserved, but their original context cannot be completely established. The angel descending from a cloud probably carried a crown for the Virgin Mary.

Angel Carrying a Crown, Copper: repoussé, engraved, chased, and gilt, French

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