Head of an Archangel

14th century

11.1 cm 15.6 cm

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This fresco fragment, perhaps from Salonika (modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece), depicts a curly-haired angel wearing a robe with a jeweled neckline. The smooth modeling of the face evokes the idealized, heavenly nature of this figure.

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[Said to be from Thessaloniki [Salonika]]; Joseph Brummer, New York, October 28, 1923, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. 770, 771, or 772 - sold together as lot]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, December 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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