Artwork
Six Angels
Six Angels is a tempera painting by the Italo Byzantine artist Jacopo di Cione. It dates from 1365 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Subject & Meaning
In Christian religious art angels function as celestial messengers, and their depiction here signals a devotional focus on heavenly intercession.
Six Angels, painted by Jacopo di Cione in 1365, is a tempera panel measuring 25.4 cm in height and 9.8 cm in width that portrays six angelic figures. In Christian religious art angels function as celestial messengers, and their depiction here signals a devotional focus on heavenly intercession. The work belongs to the genre of religious art and was part of the collection of Robert Lehman before entering the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains on display.
Technique & Style
Created in 1365 by Jacopo di Cione, Six Angels is a religious painting executed in tempera on a wooden panel. The work features a vertical format, measuring 25.4 cm in height and 9.8 cm in width. As a panel painting from the mid-fourteenth century, the piece utilizes traditional materials characteristic of the period, combining egg-based tempera pigments with a rigid support.
The composition depicts angelic figures, adhering to the devotional iconography typical of the artist's oeuvre. The small scale of the panel suggests it may have functioned as part of a larger decorative scheme or a private devotional object.
History & Provenance
Six Angels was created by Jacopo di Cione in 1365. Executed in tempera on panel, the religious work depicts angels. It was previously owned by Robert Lehman and is now held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, inventoried as part of the Robert Lehman Collection under accession number 1975.1.133.
Overview
Jacopo di Cione's painting, Six Angels, dating from 1365, is executed in tempera. This work, now part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, presents a single angelic figure. Although titled Six Angels, the visible panel focuses on one celestial being, reflecting a common practice of depicting individual components of a larger devotional series.
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Artist & collection
Pinnacle with Angel
Díptico da Anunciação
Angel of the Annunciation
Virgin and Child, with Saints Mary Magdalene, James Major, Stephen, and a Bishop Saint
Mary of the Annunciation
Pinnacle with Angel
Maria mit dem Kind
Virgin Annunciate
Madonna ja lapsi valtaistuimella
The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels
Maria mit dem Kind- Worshipping Angels
