Figure of an Angel with Raised Right Arm
unknown folk sculptor
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-1278
- Author
- unknown folk sculptor
- Name
- Figure of an Angel with Raised Right Arm
- Date of creation
- 19th c.
- Country
- Ukraine
- Culture
- Folk
- Technique
- carving polychrome
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 33 x 23 x 12
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture 3D
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Angel
- Provenance
- Zhabokriaky village, Lviv region
Information about author
Object description
Angels form one of the most numerous sculptural groups used by folk artists in their works. Figures of angels were a decorative element of iconostases, altars, and roadside chapels. Folk artists did not have a clear iconographic scheme for their representation in sculpture, so the images were quite diverse: they depicted angelic girls, boys, and small children with and without wings, dressed and naked. An unknown folk artist created an interesting sculptural image from the village of Zhabokriaky. The small figure, carved from a single piece of wood, personifies an angel as a small, cute child with expressive eyes and chubby cheeks, wearing only a loincloth. The figure's composition is built diagonally, formed by the raised right arm and straightened left leg. The lack of knowledge of the human body anatomy is evident in the reproduction of arms, legs, palms, and fingers. Soft rounded shapes characterise the polychrome figure.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
