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| Keywords: Domenico Fetti - Flying and Adoring Angels - Walters 371027.jpg This early work by Fetti was installed in the chapel of the Mainardi family in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso in Rome It was painted as a background for an image of the Virgin and Child in an oval frame At some point the inset painting was removed and today there is an 18th-century Virgin and Child in its place During the 17th century early religious images were often considered more sacred than contemporary ones which explains why Fetti was commissioned to paint a monumental work to frame and enhance another picture Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 312 439-441 between 1613 1614 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 174 7 103 9 accession number 37 1027 26440 The Church of San Lorenzo Damaso Rome 1614/1615-ca 1868 by commission Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 271 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Domenico Fetti Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
