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Flying and Adoring Angels
(Baroque Europe )
This early work by Fetti was installed in the chapel of the Mainardi family in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso in Rome. It was painted as a background for an image of the Virgin and Child in an oval frame. At some point, the inset painting was removed, and today there is an 18th-century Virgin and Child in its place. During the 17th century, early religious images were often considered more sacred than contemporary ones, which explains why Fetti was commissioned to paint a monumental work to frame and enhance another picture.
For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 312, pp. 439-441.
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.
The Church of San Lorenzo, Damaso, Rome, 1614/1615-ca. 1868, by commission; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 271]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995-1996 | Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/19/1942 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 11/23/1953 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 1/19/1954 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; other |
| 6/1/1962 | Treatment | Loss compensation; mounted; coated |
| 11/7/1969 | Treatment | coated |
| 9/1/1987 | Treatment | reconstructed; loss compensation; coated; re-framed |
| 3/6/1996 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 68 3/4 x W: 40 7/8 in. (174.7 x 103.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
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.
37.1027