Candelabra Angels
by DONATELLO, Bronze, height 58 and 68 cm
Related to the Atys of the Bargello are the two Candelabra Angels of the Mus�e Jacquemart-Andr� in Paris. The controversy surrounding their authorship - disputed between Donatello and Luca della Robbia - is still open. The hypothesis, that the two artists collaborated together on the execution of the bronzes for one of the Cantorie, is also plausible. There is the same well-rounded body animated by a strongly pagan vitality and an ambiguous intellectualism which almost seems to foreshadow the Mannerists of a century later.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):
C�sar Franck: Panis angelicus