Angel from an Architectural Reliquary (c. 1400): Art, History and Details
Angel from an Architectural Reliquary at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1400, gilt bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Angel from an Architectural Reliquary (c. 1400) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This beautiful Gothic angel is probably a surviving element from a large architectural reliquary. The last clue to its lost context disappeared when the symbolic attribute was twisted from the angel’s fingers, possibly during the destructive zeal of the French Revolution. The technique and style are characteristic of the lay workshops employed by the Valois courts during the early 1400s.
Object facts
- Title: Angel from an Architectural Reliquary
- Date: c. 1400
- Culture: Franco-Netherlands or Paris, 15th century
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: gilt bronze
- Dimensions: Overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
- Collection: MED - Gothic
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1972.74
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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