Two Adoring Angels
Two Adoring Angels
3D
Published 2019-07-08T10:44:26+00:00
These terracotta angels were originally ascribed to Giovanni della Robbia (1469-1529) but in the light of more recent studies by Pope-Hennessy of the productions of Andrea della Robbia and his workshop, it is clear that they are late products of Andrea´s workshop. They are components of a lunette - a type established by Andrea probably early in the last quarter of the 15th century, in which they might have flanked a seated group of the Virgin and Child, a saint, or a half-length figure of God the Father blessing, and which might have been possibly placed above a doorway.
The angels were heavily worked up in the damp clay between moulding and firing, and it is clear that each was worked up by a different hand, the treatment of the left-hand one being comparatively more coarse, while the right-hand one being notably more sensitive. Neither has the qualities that one would expect in a work by Andrea himself, and both must be the work of assistants of varying degrees of sensitivity. In their handling, especially in the highly elaborated treatment of their hair, they correspond closely with the two standing angels by assistants that flank the tabernacle in Andrea's late altarpiece in S.S. Apostoli, Florence (1512).
The angels are unusual for their class in being only partially glazed. They are also exceptional for their size, being some 15-20 cm taller than even the very large angels of the lunette at Pistoia.
| Date de publication | 08/07/2019 |
| Titre | Two Adoring Angels |
| Date | Circa 1510 |
| Dimension | 93.5 x 54 x 27 cm |
| Accession | Inv. no. CTB.DEC1592.1-2 |
| Medium | Terracotta |
| Credit | On loan from the collection of Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza |
| Record | https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/della-robbia-workshop/two-adoring-angels |
| Artiste | Andrea della Robbia |
| Localisation | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museu National |
