Renaissance carved winged angels
Circa 1550 - 1600
Dutch
W 19" × H 36" × D 17"
Stock # Marh2783
£7,250.00
Large late Renaissance gilt wood carved winged angels.
Sometime during the third and fourth centuries it became common for Christians to view angels as winged beings and to attribute wings to the righteous either on earth or in heaven, which then became the iconographical template