One of a series of eight almost identical angels by the artist from the Cathedral of Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore, this figure was paired with and confronted an example now in the Duomo Museum in Florence. These sculptures and the others in the series flanked a larger statue of a martyr saint (Saints Stephen, Laurence, Victor, or Barnabas).
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Title:Adoring Angel
Artist:Piero di Giovanni Tedesco (Italian, died ca. 1402)
Date:ca. 1395–96
Geography:Made in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Culture:Central Italian
Medium:Marble (Carrara marble)
Dimensions:Overall: 46 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (118.7 x 28.6 x 32.4 cm)
Classification:Sculpture-Stone
Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number:17.190.752
From the façade of the Cathedral of S. Maria Fiore, Florence; Private Collection, Florence; J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1917)
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Workshop of Giovanni Pisano (Italian, Pisa ca. 1240–before 1320 Siena)
ca. 1302–10
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