Rome, 17th Century, Pair Of Angels

Rome, 17th century
Pair of angels
Gilded wood, cm alt 92 - Base, cm 25 x 40

The couple of putti examined is a masterpiece of the Roman Baroque period, a period of pomp and opulence where the wealthiest citizens were interested in enriching with precious decorations, palaces, living rooms and private chapels. 
The two amiably carved cherubs rest, the first a knee the second a foot, on a piece of finely carved wood.  Their limbs are fleshy and abounding and the movements are exaggerated played on the theatricality and dynamism typical of the Baroque: the first leaning on a knee looks straight at him while with a sharp torsion of the torso carries an arm pointing to his right; in the second the face is directed in the opposite position to that of the arm while the torso remains fixed. 
Comparisons can be traced with some sculptures of some of the most important plasticizers of Rome of the seventeenth century including Antonio Raggi (Vico Morcote, 1624 - Rome, 1686) - of which we see the vicinity with Amor sacro e amor profano deli Palazzo dei Musei (Modena)where it is clear we find the reference to the plump faces and hair from the curls - or even in the cherubs made for the funeral monument to Giulio Del Corno in the Church of Jesus and Mary and in the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria della Pace by Ercole Ferrata (Pellio Intelvi, 1610 - Rome 1686)  and in the work of Melchiorre Cafà (Vittoriosa, 1636 - Rome, 1667), the Apotheosis of Saint Catherine for the Church of Saint Catherine of Siena in Magnanapoli.

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