PAIR OF ANGELS. POLYCHROMED WOOD. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Sculpture
Reference: ZE130
Pair of torch-bearing angels. Carved and polychromed wood. Spanish school, 17th century. They present faults. A pair of polychrome wooden sculptures depicting two angels, each raising an arm and standing on clouds with winged heads, following models common since the Renaissance. Known as lamp-bearing or thurifer angels, these sculptures were typically placed on important altars to hold lamps or censers, and were often identified as angels or archangels. Compare, for example, with the lamp-bearing angels of the Hermitage of La Soledad in Cantillana (Seville, Spain), made between 1780 and 1799, to see, more or less, the function of these sculptures. But it must be remembered that, stylistically, they belong to the Spanish Baroque school (material, movement, etc.).
· Size: 32x16x71 cms.
4.200 €
