Cherub angel with blue wings playing a mandolin – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Cherub angel with blue wings playing a mandolin, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Cherub angel with blue wings playing a mandolin
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Winged cherubs were a favorite motif in European art, and this one stands out for its bright blue wings and the mandolin it plays, an instrument more often linked with secular song than with heavenly choirs. Such figures drew on the Renaissance habit of showing angels as musicians, filling sacred scenes with harmony and joy. Cherubs like this one also circulated widely in prints, paintings, and decorative objects, where artists could vary color and instrument while keeping a familiar childlike form. The blue wings and playful pose make it a lighthearted piece within a tradition that often treated music as a sign of divine praise.
| Original scan | 628 × 846 px |
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| Reference | Angels014 |
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