Angel, ca. 1590–1600, Copper alloy, with brown patina under a grayish lacquer and various spots of, H. 13.5 cm (excluding green marble base)., Metalwork-Bronze, Ludovico del Duca (Italian, Rome, active 1551 (?)–died after 1603), Standing in an assertive contrapposto pose, this diminutive trumpeting angel rests its right foot on a pyramid of stylized mountains referring to the arms of Pope Sixtus V (r. 1585–1590), who commissioned a tabernacle in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on which identical trumpeting angels can be found
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Angel, ca, 1590–1600, Copper alloy, brown patina under, grayish lacquer, various spots, H, 13.5 cm, excluding green marble base, Metalwork-Bronze, Ludovico del Duca, Italian, Rome, active, 1551, –died after, 1603, Standing, assertive contrapposto pose, diminutive trumpeting, angel, rests, right foot, pyramid, stylized mountains, referring, arms, Pope Sixtus, V, r, 1585–1590, commissioned, tabernacle, church, Santa Maria, Maggiore, identical, angels
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