Pisan 14th Century

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Pisan 14th Century, Angel with Symphonia, c. 1360, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960.5.14

Angel with Symphonia

Pisan 14th Century · c. 1360 · marble ·  Accession ID  1960.5.14

Pisan 14th Century, Angel with Tambourine, c. 1360, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960.5.15

Angel with Tambourine

Pisan 14th Century · c. 1360 · marble ·  Accession ID  1960.5.15

A person stands with hands together at the chest in this freestanding, painted wood sculpture. The person’s body faces us and the head turns and looks slightly down to our right in this photograph. Brown hair curls close to the head and down the back of the neck. The skin is ivory white. The almond-shaped eyes are faintly painted, and he has a straight, delicate nose and thin, slightly smiling pink lips. One hand touches his chest and the other is held in front, perhaps with thumbs touching, palm facing our right. White robes lined with indigo blue fall in cascading folds down his body over a rose-pink tunic, and both pool on the octagonal wood base. There are paint losses and small areas of damage throughout but is most noticeable at the bottom. The wood is cracked in the person’s hair.
Pisan 14th Century, The Archangel Gabriel, 1325/1350, wood, polychromed and gilded, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.97

The Archangel Gabriel

Pisan 14th Century · 1325/1350 · wood, polychromed and gilded ·  Accession ID  1961.9.97

This wooden, painted, free-standing sculpture is of a young woman standing and holding an open book with one hand and holding the other to her chest. The woman’s skin, gown, and long mantle are painted cream white. The mantle covers the back of her head and has a denim-blue lining visible in the folds around her shoulders, waist, and inside the hanging sleeves. It falls just below her knees and wraps around her long gown. The skirt below her knees has traces of brick red but much of the pigment there is lost. In this photograh, her body is angled to our right but she turns her head to look down in front of us with pale brown eyes. Wavy, brown hair is parted down the middle to frame her face. Her right hand, on our left, is raised to touch her chest while her other hand holds an open book at her waist, its pages facing outward. She stands on an octagonal wooden base painted gold. The surface of the sculpture is cracked, flaking, and worn in some areas, allowing the underlying wood to show through.
Pisan 14th Century, The Virgin Annunciate, 1325/1350, wood, polychromed and gilded, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.98

The Virgin Annunciate

Pisan 14th Century · 1325/1350 · wood, polychromed and gilded ·  Accession ID  1961.9.98