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A Seraph
(Renaissance Europe )
Together with 37.620A-E, this panel of a seraph, or six-winged angel, comes from the frame of a monumental polyptych, or multi-paneled altarpiece, by Niccolò da Foligno, one of the foremost painters in the Central Italian regions of Umbria and the Marches in the mid- to late 1400s. This panel was installed beneath the one of the pinnacles (crowning elements) of one of the central panels. The other panels from the altarpiece to which the Walters panels belonged remains lost or unidentified. For an intact altarpiece by Niccolò da Foligno with a similar set of pinnacles, see the example at the Vatican Picture Gallery in Rome.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 171; 1897 catalogue: no. 27]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Italy, Umbria (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Approx. painted surface H: 5 5/8 x W: 4 1/2 in. (14.3 x 11.4 cm); Approx. panel H: 9 13/16 x W: 7 13/16 x D: 11/16 in. (24.9 x 19.9 x 1.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.620F
