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Circle of Desiderio Da Settignano
Fragment with Seraph Enframed by His Wingscirca 1460

Not on view
Marble sculpture of two child heads stacked vertically, the lower face finely carved with small feathered wings at the temples, the upper figure rougher with a large shell form behind it, rising from a raw, veined stone base
Marble bust of a child's face emerging from a rough-hewn stone base, with a second smaller child's face and spread wings carved atop the first figure's curly hair; creamy white polished marble contrasts with the unfinished base.

Circle of Desiderio Da Settignano, Fragment with Seraph Enframed by His Wings, circa 1460, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Circle of Desiderio Da Settignano
Title
Fragment with Seraph Enframed by His Wings
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1460
Medium
Marble, modern stone base
Dimensions
Overall (incl base): 12 3/8 × 8 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (31.43 × 21.59 × 20 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
51.13.8
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Valentiner, W.R. Gothic and Renaissance Sculptures: in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1951.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa, and Michaela Hansen. Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa M., Michaela Hansen, Katie Somerville, and Danielle Whitfield, editors. Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.