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Angel
This elegant figure of an angel holding a candlestick is characterized by a slender, elongated, curving body conforming to the shape of the elephant tusk from which it was carved. The figure is part of a pair carved from two halves of the same tusk, and are nearly flat on the back. It is likely that they were to be attached to a larger surface as decoration.
Provenance
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Count Gregoire Stroganoff (1829–1910), Rome; Possibly acquired by Henry Walters through Brummer; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall without base: H: 8 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 1 3/16 in. (20.3 × 4.5 × 3 cm)
Overall with base: H: 8 3/4 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 1 11/16 in. (22.3 × 6.6 × 4.3 cm)
Credit Line
BRUMMER ?
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.
71.187