The Guardian Angel
by ROSI, Alessandro, Oil on canvas, 69 x 56 cm
The theme of the guardian angel was employed several times by Carlo Dolci, the leading figure in Florence of the generation preceding Rosi’s. Dolci’s influence can be felt in the use of the half-length figures, the intensity of the relationship between the angel and youth, and in the distinctive profile of the angel. Dolci’s use of these motifs are best seen in his oval Guardian Angel, in the Sz�pm�v�szeti M�zeum in Budapest.