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Angel Holding a Shield

Antonio Rizzo Italian

ca. 1470

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 504

Antonio Rizzo was the main competitor to Pietro Lombardo and his sons in late fifteenth-century Venice. This standing angel holding a shield was carved in low relief with an extraordinary refinement that depends on the nuanced interplay between line and three-dimensional form. This work may have been one of a pair of angel reliefs that perhaps flanked a doorway to a house in Venice.

[Peter J. Bell, 2015]

Angel Holding a Shield, Antonio Rizzo (Italian, Verona before 1440–1499 or later), Marble, Italian, Venice — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Angel Holding a Shield, Antonio Rizzo (Italian, Verona before 1440–1499 or later), Marble, Italian, Venice

Angel Holding a Shield, Antonio Rizzo (Italian, Verona before 1440–1499 or later), Marble, Italian, Venice

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Title: Angel Holding a Shield

Artist: Antonio Rizzo (Italian, Verona before 1440–1499 or later)

Date: ca. 1470

Culture: Italian, Venice

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: Overall: 22 7/16 × 17 5/16 × 13 3/4 in. (57 × 44 × 35 cm)

Classification: Sculpture

Credit Line: Lent by The Hearn Family Trust, 2015

Object Number: L.2015.55

Chronology

Venice and Northern Italy, 1400-1600 A.D.

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