- Period
- Gothic
- Date
- c. 1400
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1972.74
Angel from an Architectural Reliquary
Unknown maker, c. 1400
Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 1400
- Medium
- gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
- Period
- Gothic
The record
Why it matters
This beautiful Gothic angel is probably a surviving element from a large architectural reliquary. The last clue to its lost context disappeared when the symbolic attribute was twisted from the angel’s fingers, possibly during the destructive zeal of the French Revolution. The technique and style are characteristic of the lay workshops employed by the Valois courts during the early 1400s.