Sculpture
Model for an Angel
SculptureReligious Art
Details
- Author / creator
- Annibale Fontana (Italian, 1540–1587)
- Object type
- Sculpture
- Date or period
- c. 1583–84
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 54 × 16 × 26 cm
- Primary material
- Wood
- Place of origin
- Italy
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Founder's Endowment, 1984
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
Annibale Fontana created this wax model, perhaps in part for the patron’s approval, while preparing a sculpture for the Church of Santa Maria presso San Celso in Milan. The angel was mounted high on the facade, so the composition needed to be impeccably balanced as well as legible from the ground. Wings and a trumpet appear in the final work, but Fontana here concentrates on the deep folds, clinging drapery, and forceful pose.
Materials and technique
Wax on a metal armature, mounted on wood
