Kneeling Angel

Matteo Civitali, Casting Workshop of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (cast maker)

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Artist: Matteo Civitali
Lucca 1436 – 1501 Lucca

Casting Workshop of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum
(cast maker)
Berlin, 20. század első fele
Dated: 1473–1476 (original), 1907 (cast)
Classification: sculpture, plaster cast
Medium: plaster cast
Dimensions: 102 cm
Inv.no.: Rg.217
Department: Sculptures - Plaster casts
Current Location of the Original Artwork: Italy, Lucca, Cathedral

Domenico Bertini commissioned Matteo Civitali in 1473 to make the marble altar of Santissima Sacramento for the Cathedral of Lucca. The altar included once the two adoring marble angels. Only these two figures were preserved from the altar until today. The plaster cast copy of the two angels were purchased by the Museum in 1907. Probably lost during World War II, the current whereabouts of the artwork are unknown.