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Angel

Thomas Hutter

Basic information
ID
С-I-2161
Author
Thomas Hutter
Name
Angel
Date of creation
18th c.
Technique
carving
Material
wood polychrome gilt
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
63.5 x 44
Additionally
Type
sculpture
Genre
religious
Information about author
Author
Thomas Hutter
Artist's lifetime
1696 – c.1745
Country
Biography
Thomas Hutter (1696 – c. 1745) was a German sculptor and painter from Bavaria. He worked in Galicia. The artist performed in the late Baroque style. In the 1730s, the sculptor moved to Yaroslav, where he worked and lived, although his creative work went far beyond the city. In 1732, he made 12 figures placed on the square in front of the Jesuit church of St. Jan and sculptures for the Church of the Virgin Mary in Yaroslav. In 1739, he worked in the Jesuit monastery in Lviv. The most intense period of Thomas Hutter's artistic practice was between 1737 and 1739. His works are characterised by monumental forms, angles that emphasise the weight of static figures, and naturalistic modelling of the human body, providing an excellent visual description of muscle form. The sculptor forms the figures' clothing in massive folds that resemble the wet fabric, which evenly wraps up the figures or falls in lengthwise folds.
Object description
The polychrome figure of an angel is presented in full length with his arms outstretched. The head is slightly tilted to the right. Facial features are carved in detail. The sculptor skillfully showed a slightly elongated face with puffy cheeks, black eyebrows, a small nose, almond-shaped eyes with an upward gaze, a slightly opened mouth, and a small prominent chin. The angel's head is framed by strands of wavy hair. The sculptor depicted the anatomy of the human body in a naturalistic manner, realistically recreating plump little hands, legs and a plumpish belly. The works of the early period of the sculptor's artistic practice are characterized by a generalized design of draperies and soft modeling of clothing, which later were replaced by geometrized planes and some decorativeness in the composition of the clothes’ folds.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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