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Nicholas Lochoff
(d.1948) after
Giotto di
Bondone (Florentine, c.1277-1337)
ANGEL, detail of
MADONNA AND CHILD
ENTHRONED WITH
SAINTS AND ANGELS
Original (c.1310)
in the Uffizi, Florence Tempera on wood panel
This is a copy of
the angel from the left foreground of the high altarpiece for the
Church of Ognissanti in Florence. The bright color is an attempt to
suggest the painting's original condition. Giotto has given the
angel as awe-struck expression not seen in other works of the time. The angel holds
a vase of roses and lilies, attributes of the Virgin, before whom he
kneels in the original.
Text by Robert
Gerwing.
Copyright 2004. |
