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Posted: 21 Nov 2011

Taken: 31 Aug 2011

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Bernini's Angel

Bernini's Angel
This is the 350 year old clay and straw model that Gian Lorezno Bernini (1598-1680) made over a frame of iron and wickerwork for the casting of the bronze figures for the the altars of the throne of St. Peter between 1659 and 1665 at St. Peter's Basilica.

Now in the Vatican Museums.

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