Winged angel in pink gown holding blossom garland – Antique Print
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Description
This rare historic image captures Winged angel in pink gown holding blossom garland in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Winged angel in pink gown holding blossom garland
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A winged angel in a pink gown, holding a garland of blossoms, sits in this picture among a gallery board of angels and fairies, and the pink gown and floral garland set it apart from the more solemn, robed angels often seen in religious art. Images like this were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when illustrators and greeting-card makers drew on sentimental and devotional themes to produce gentle, decorative figures for homes and parlors. Worth noticing is the way the blossom garland softens the figure into something closer to a festival or springtime celebration than a formal religious scene. The record offers few details about the maker, so the piece is best read as an example of how the angel motif was adapted for everyday decorative use.
| Original scan | 616 × 976 px |
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| Reference | Angels092 |
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