# Angels [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO MARTINI]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Bronze, height 124 cm ## Commentary Francesco di Giorgio Martini, a sculptor, painter and architect in Siena, is primarily known for his architectural practice and theory. His early wooden sculpture was influenced by the local Vecchietta and also by Donatello whose presence in Siena from 1457 to 1461 had a stimulating effect on him. His mature sculpture was in bronze. In 1495 two bronze angels holding cornucopia, serving as candelabra at the two sides of the high altar in the Siena Cathedral, were commissioned from Francesco di Giorgio Martini. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 4 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/franck\_panis.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>César Franck: Panis angelicus</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Discord]() - [Angel \(1, detail\)]() - [Angel \(1\)]() - [Angel \(2\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Architectural View]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Chastity with the Unicorn]() - [Deposition from the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Deposition from the Cross]() - [Exterior of the church]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()