拍品 142
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A GROUP OF THREE ANGELS AND FIVE SERAPHIM
A GROUP OF THREE ANGELS AND FIVE SERAPHIM

NAPLES, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF THREE ANGELS AND FIVE SERAPHIM
Naples, Mid-18th Century
The three winged angels clad in flowing cream and pale blue drapery, one with a wooden horn, the second with a silver ciborium, the third with a brass ciborium, together with a group of five seraphim of graduated size
12in. (30.5cm.) high each angel; 2in. (5cm.) to 4½in. (11.5cm.) high the seraphim

拍品专文

As part of the Gloiria, the angels and seraphim that hovered over and around the presepio were integral to its overall composition. The seraphim were originally intended to be clustered together in a frenzied clutch. The largest seraphim bears great similarity in the waves of curly hair, puckered lips and shoulderless wings of another sold Semenzato, Rome, 1 December 1999, part lot 368. Another seraphim sold Sotheby's London, 15 December 1999, part lot 150, is almost identical in modelling and pose to the smallest seraphim in the current lot.