Angel. Artist: Ludovico del Duca (Italian, Rome, active 1551 ()-died after 1603). Dimensions: H. 13.5 cm (excluding green marble base).. Date: ca. 1590-1600.Standing in an assertive contrapposto pose, this diminutive trumpeting angel rests its right foot on a pyramid of stylized mountains referring to the arms of Pope Sixtus V (r. 1585-1590), who commissioned a tabernacle in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on which identical trumpeting angels can be found. Ludovico del Duca was one of the craftsmen responsible for producing the bronze ornaments for this tabernacle. As an independent statuette, this trumpeting angel may well have served as a personal gift. In this context, it may have conveyed a secular meaning such as the triumph of love. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Angel. Artist: Ludovico del Duca (Italian, Rome, active 1551 ()-died after 1603). Dimensions: H. 13.5 cm (excluding green marble base).. Date: ca. 1590-1600.Standing in an assertive contrapposto pose, this diminutive trumpeting angel rests its right foot on a pyramid of stylized mountains referring to the arms of Pope Sixtus V (r. 1585-1590), who commissioned a tabernacle in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on which identical trumpeting angels can be found. Ludovico del Duca was one of the craftsmen responsible for producing the bronze ornaments for this tabernacle. As an independent statuette, this trumpeting angel may well have served as a personal gift. In this context, it may have conveyed a secular meaning such as the triumph of love. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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