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These heads belonged to the two angels standing behind Saint John the Evangelist. The foremost angel was originally looking up at the Holy Ghost descending in the form of a white dove as Christ crowned the Virgin with a coronet of stars.
The apse of the church was destroyed in the 1580s, but the central figures of Correggio’s fresco showing the coronation of the Virgin were saved and are in the Galleria Nazionale, Parma.
Title
Heads of Two Angels
Date
probably about 1522
Medium
Fresco
Measurements
H 44.5 x W 61 cm
Accession number
NG3921
Acquisition method
Mond Bequest, 1924
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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