A Kneeling Angel
1770â1800
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
Accession Number
1948-118-20
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**A Kneeling Angel***Elisabetta SiraniItalian, 1638–1665), 1770–1800* *Smithsonian American Art Museum, of Mrs. Grafton. Pyne* Discover the serene grace of *A Kneeling Angel*, to Elisabetta Sir, a prodigious Italian artist from Bologna's vibrant 17th-century. Sirani, one of the few women to achieve fame as a painter during the Baroque era, was renowned for her elegant religious subjects, often drawing from the Bolognese tradition of Guido Reni. Her works captured spiritual intensity through fluid forms and expressive poses, making her a trailblazer who ran her own workshop before her untime...