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Adoring Angel from the old tabernacle of Wawel Cathedral

Adoring Angel from the old tabernacle of Wawel Cathedral

Author: Giovanni Maria Mosca or Giovanni Padovano
Date of creation: between fifteen thirty-three and fifteen thirty-six
Dimensions: eighty centimetres high, forty-two centimetres wide
Weight: eighty-five kilograms
Technique: marble bas-relief
On a marble slab shaped like a rectangle stands a figure of an angelic young man. The angel stands straight ahead, with his head turned to our right. He wears flowing robes. His large wings are folded. They are set perpendicularly to the angel's back. Behind him runs a pilaster. It is a rectangular decoration protruding from the wall, supported by a cornice. It extends the entire height of the slab. The bas-relief is made of reddish marble. The uneven surface of the stone is full of lighter and darker spots, natural to marble. There are cracks in many places.
The angelic young man has slightly wavy hair reaching his shoulders. His smooth face with a straight nose is delicate. His eyes are turned upwards. A barely noticeable smile plays across his lips.

The slim figure of the young man is wrapped in long garments. The wide sleeves are rolled up in numerous folds above the elbow. The angel's arms are crossed on his chest. The loose garment is tied in a knot at the crotch. It has a high slit at the right thigh. His right foot rests on the cornice under the pilaster. The garment is quite flowy at its lower edge. The angel's left foot has been broken off.

The wings are folded, with the right one being visible. Its rounded upper edge begins at the height of the head. The lower edge, with long feathers, reaches the hips.

The pilaster is decorated with a vertical strip with carved winding branches.