Relief with Half Figure of an Angel
Unknown Artist
ca. 1430–35
Medium
Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara)
Dimensions
19 × 25 5/8 × 8 1/8 in., 190 lb. (48.3 × 65.1 × 20.6 cm, 86.2 kg)
Classification
Sculpture-Stone
Culture
North Italian
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.184
Art Historical Context
This exquisite *Relief with Half Figure of an Angel carved around 1430–35 by an unknown North Italian artist, the ethereal grace of medieval religious art stunning Lunense marble fromara. Measuring nearly two feet wide and weighing 190 pounds the low-relief sculpture the upper torso of an, likely intended for anarpiece, tomb, church decoration. Carrara marble, for its pure white color and fine grain, allowedors to achieve delicate details in drapery folds and serene facial expressions, bridging late Gothic traditions with emerging Renaissance naturalism. Created in Northern Italy during a tim...