03 — ARTWORK
Angel with Candlestick
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti · 1495 →
- MEDIUM
- Marble, height 51,5 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 801 × 1100 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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Michelangelo made two small free-standing figures (St. Proculus and St Petronius) for the shrine of St. Dominic in San Domenico, and one angel candelabraA large, usually decorated, candlestick, usually with several branches or arms. for the altar of the chapela small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building.. Clearly, he had been looking at San Petronio's major masterpieceA term now loosely applied to the finest work by a particular artist or to any work of art of acknowledged greatness or of preeminence in its field. Originally it meant the piece of work by which a craftsman, having finished his training, gained the rank of'master' in his guild., the great portala doorway. A portal recessed in several steps was frequently used in Romanesque architecture; this meant that the often relatively small entrance was given considerable emphasis on the façade. carved by Jacopo della Quercia nearly sixty years before. He adapted the older master's directness of characterization, his admirable economy of gesture which concentrates the impact of the figure, and also the use of bulky draperies to give mass and weight.
The <A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/n/niccolo/arca/arca8.html')" HREF="/html/n/niccolo/arca/arca8.html">pair of this angel</A> was executed by Niccolò dell'Arca.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Angel with Candlestick by MICHELANGELO Buonarroti},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti-r3de9890382970b/angel-with-candlestick-rd9bf53cc998f14},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
