Angel from an Architectural Reliquary
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Angel from an Architectural Reliquary” now? The Cleveland Museum of Art, 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture, Cleveland. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This beautiful Gothic angel is probably a surviving element from a large architectural reliquary. The last clue to its lost context disappeared when the symbolic attribute was twisted from the angel’s fingers, possibly during the destructive zeal of the French Revolution. The technique and style are characteristic of the lay workshops employed by the Valois courts during the early 1400s.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 1972.74
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
