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Two winged angel children with cornucopia and flower garlands – Vintage Print

Two winged angel children with cornucopia and flower garlands — historic image
Two winged angel children with cornucopia and flower garlands. Historic image from the Religious collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic image of Two winged angel children with cornucopia and flower garlands brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Two winged angel children with cornucopia and flower garlands

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Two winged figures, both children, hold a cornucopia between them and loop flower garlands through the scene, a pairing that places the picture firmly among the decorative angel motifs popular in European art from the 17th century onward. The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, is a classical symbol of abundance, and combining it with Christian winged children reflects how artists borrowed freely from antiquity to express blessing and harvest. Such putti and angelic children often appeared on ceilings, frescoes, and devotional prints, where their lightness and cheerfulness softened sacred themes. Look closely at how the garlands frame the figures, since that ornamental structure is often what distinguishes these works from simpler depictions of angels.

Original scan656 × 919 px
ReferenceAngels056

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