Kneeling angel
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Kneeling angel
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Published 2019-07-24T10:07:13+00:00
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The positions of the arms and hands indicate that this and the companion angel originally functioned as candleholders on either side of an altar. Candles were used during the Mass to illuminate the altar and evoke the symbolism of Christ as light.
They were purchased from the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and probably originated from a church under the patronage of the Strozzi family, who were powerful bankers.
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| Date published | 24/07/2019 |
| Complessità | Medium |
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| Title | Kneeling angel |
| Date | ca.1525-1542 |
| Dimension | Height: 96.5 cm, Width: 37 cm, Depth: 55 cm |
| Accession | 89:1, 2-1882 |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Bacci. 'Gli 'angeli' di Silvio Cosini nel Duomo di Pisa', Bollettino d'arte. xi, 1917, pp. 111-32 |
| Record | https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O14782/kneeling-angel-figure/ |
| Artist | Silvio Cosini |
| Place | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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