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Angel Carrying a Crown

ca. 1230–50
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Angel Carrying a Crown
  • Date: ca. 1230–50
  • Geography: Made in Limoges, France
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Gilded copper
  • Dimensions: Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 11/16 x 3/8 in. (10.8 x 9.3 x 1 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Copper
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.110
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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