Candle-bearing angel (one of a pair)

Giuseppe Mazzuoli

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Related to the two marble angels flanking the tabernacle on the high altar of S. Agostino, Siena. Frà Carlo di Camillo Chigi contracted Francesco, Giovan Antonio and Agostino Mazzuoli to execute a marble ciborium with two angels for the high altar of S. Agostino. Although Giuseppe Mazzuoli is not specifically named in the document recording the commission, the strong influence of Bernini in the marble angels' compostion and style reflects Giuseppe's training in Rome. 1991.37a, b are ricordi, executed by Giuseppe's workshop either to present to the patron Frà Carlo or to retain for the workshop's own records.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art