Set of three musician cherubs in cast lead - period: 20th century

Lot of three bas-relief sculptures representing musical cherubs in cast lead. A lyre player, a flute player and a violin player. Their faces and wings are beautifully detailed. Period: early 20th century dimensions: height: 15cm X width: 7cm X depth: 4cm musical angels seem to have always been present in churches. However, their appearance only dates back to the 13th century. Their presence was then constant until the council of trent (1545-1563) which, failing to ban them, considerably limited their representations. Grouped in instrumental groups or choirs, the musical angels appear at major moments in the life of christ, the virgin and the saints, as in the representations of paradise. They can hold wind instruments such as the horn, the only one capable of carrying the divine word, a flute or cymbals, but also an organ, a fiddle, or a lute from the 17th century. They thus represent the harmony between god's creation of the universe and the reality present on earth.

Ref. : 383UVAYB