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Angel from a Tomb

Angel from a Tomb

1330–50

workshop of Tino di Camaino

(Italian, c. 1285–1337)
Overall: 99.7 x 63.2 x 20.3 cm (39 1/4 x 24 7/8 x 8 in.)

Description

Tino da Camaino was active in Siena, Pisa, and Florence after 1311 where he established his reputation as an important and gifted sculptor. In 1323 he was summoned to the Angevin court at Naples, probably by King Robert of Anjou to work on the sepulchral monument of the king's daughter-in-law, Catherine of Austria. During the remainder of his life, Tino created a remarkable series of tomb sculptures in Naples. This pair of marble angels most likely represents the work of a member of Tino's workshop produced for one of these Neapolitan tombs, either during the final years of the master's life, or else independently after Tino's death in 1337.
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 20 archive.org
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 64 archive.org
    Aceto, Francesco and Paola Vitolo. Architettura e arti figurative di età gotica in Campania. Battipaglia: Laveglia & Carlone, 2017. Mentioned: p. 171
  • Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
  • {{cite web|title=Angel from a Tomb|url=false|author=Tino di Camaino|year=1330–50|access-date=25 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1925.1343