An Angel Playing an Aulos (flute)

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Donatello’s status as a pioneering sculptor of the fifteenth century was firmly established within his own lifetime. This relief, a simplified copy of one of the 12 angels from his complex multi-figural high altar at the church of St Antony in Padua, is a testament to this fact and to Donatello’s continued popularity. The bronze is one of several made after the altar which, due to its format, due to its format, provided an easy way to transfer, piecemeal, Donatello’s large public commissions into collectible items for the art market.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

An Angel Playing an Aulos (flute)

Date

modelled 1447 & cast late 19th C

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 58 x W 21.9 x D 3.5 cm

Accession number

50.10

Acquisition method

purchased at Sotheby's sale of Henry Harris's estate, 1950

Work type

Relief

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