SculptureItalian17th century
Angel with the Superscription
c. 1667 -1668
Artists
Gian Lorenzo BerniniArtist
Dimensions
28.9 x 17.1 x 13.8 cm (11 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi. Pacetti inventory, 1802 Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome, Italy, Sold to Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee, 1905. Piancastelli was the curator of the Galleria Borghese. Mrs. Edward D. (Mary B.) Brandegee, 1905, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1937.
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