id:			154512
accession number:	1989.154
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.154
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:36.777000

Head of an Angel, c. 1750. Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (German, 1696–1770). Painted and gilded wood; overall: 48.1 x 64.3 x 23.6 cm (18 15/16 x 25 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.154

title:				Head of an Angel
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creation date:			c. 1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1755
current location:		214 Central and Northern European
creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	Germany, 18th century
technique:	painted and gilded wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (German, 1696–1770)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 48.1 x 64.3 x 23.6 cm (18 15/16 x 25 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to Severance and Greta Millikin, 1960, upon his death, retained by Greta Millikin.
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	Greta Millikin, upon her death, held in trust by the estate.
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	Estate of Greta Millikin, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1989.
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fun fact:
Part of the angel's wings are made more luxurious by the addition of gold paint, a process called "gilding."

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wall description:
This decorative bracket was intended to simulate a functional supporting element at the top of a pilaster or beneath an organ loft or pulpit in a church. Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, a member of a family of artists active in southern Germany and Switzerland, worked in a variety of media including wood and stucco. He often enlisted the aid of assistants, one of whom may have executed this work.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ditner, David Charles. <em>Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Dissertation. Cleveland, OH: Case Western Reserve University, 1986.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 321
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 266, p. 102
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