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Head of an Angel in Full Face

ca. 1415–18
Not on view
This painting and two others in the Robert Lehman Collection (1975.1.18, 19) are fragments of a monumental altarpiece depicting the Virgin being carried into heaven by a host of angels after her death. The Lehman fragments include the heads of the Virgin (1975.1.18) and two angels (1975.17 and 1975.19). Taddeo di Bartolo was the most important painter in Siena at the turn of the fifteenth century. He worked extensively in his native city as well as in Genoa, Pisa, Rome and elsewhere. This altarpiece to which the Lehman fragments belonged was painted at the end of the artist’s career, perhaps for the Tuscan town of Volterra for which he made several works.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Head of an Angel in Full Face
  • Artist: Taddeo di Bartolo (Italian, Siena ca. 1362–1422 Siena)
  • Date: ca. 1415–18
  • Medium: Tempera on wood (paint around head scraped away and vacant area gessoed)
  • Dimensions: Overall: 6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (15.9 × 12.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.17
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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