italian-school-17th-century-hymn-of-the-angels
Lot 288
Italian School (17th century), Hymn of the Angels
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
A segment from a larger work, oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, an angel holds a banner reading Gloria in Excelsis Deo et in Terra Paz Homi (the beginning of the hymn Gloria), presented in a later gilt frame.

Stretcher size 25 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 34 1/2 x 32 in.

Private Collection, Aiken, South Carolina

Some seepage of wax through original canvas; newer stretchers; minor retouch visible under UV light.

$800 - 1,200