Two Angels Singing - Item #599

  19.5 Inches High x 8.5 Inches Wide x 2.5 Inches Deep A  pair of delightful angels singing from the High Altar of St. Anthony. It is part of the group called "Altare del Santo" that was created around 1447-1450. The group is comprised of twenty-nine pieces of bronze sculpture that includes twelve reliefs with angels singing and playing instruments such as this one and Item #668. The altar was dismantled at the end of the 16th century, and the present altar was assembled in 1895 as a reconstruction of Donatello's altar. As the original arrangement was not recorded, the current altar may not be arranged exactly as Donatello had intended.   Artist: Donatello Museum/Location: Basilica di Sant'Antonio, Padua Origin: Basilica di Sant'Antonio, Padua Time Period: Renaissance, c. 1447-1450 1911 Catalog ID # - 8406   Sources: DK Eyewitness Travel. "Basilica di Sant'Antonio." DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Italy. Penguin, 2015, pp. 162. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=VoUgCgAAQBAJ&a