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Two Angels

ca. 1330
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 640

These angels were once part of the fresco decoration of a chapel in the Torre della Gabbia in Mantua, probably executed about 1328 when Luigi Gonzaga became lord of the city. Detached from their original context in 1870, they had flanked a frescoed composition that included at its center a Madonna and Child with Saints Lawrence and Catherine of Alexandria. The matte surface is typical of fresco, in which the pigments sink into the support; the powerful, broadly conceived forms would have read clearly from below.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Two Angels
  • Artist: North Italian Painter (Verona?) (ca. 1330)
  • Date: ca. 1330
  • Medium: Fresco
  • Dimensions: (a) 23 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (59.4 x 80 cm); (b) 23 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (59.7 x 80 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Edward Fowles, 1971
  • Object Number: 1971.115.1ab
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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