Adoring Angel
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 1735–1760
MediumWood, polychrome, and gold leaf
Dimensions41 1/4 x 31 in. (104.8 x 78.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
Object numberG.62.18.1
On View
Not on view"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 & 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), listed 60, illus. (color) front cover.
Larry Wheeler, "From the Director," in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 2012), noted 5, illus. (color) 4.
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