Portraying a pensive angel with long, richly detailed wings, it is acknowledged as one of the most beautiful and sensual sculptures in its genre, to which Monteverde contributed other important neo-classical works.
A picture of the work graces the cover of several editions of the publication, Camposanto Di Genova. The booklet calls the work, "a true masterpiece" and states, "The Angel, who guards the urn, is admired for the perfect moulding of the arms, neck and head, the deep and soft expression of grief"; the Angel is holding a trumpet, "as if ready to sound it on the last judgement day."[1]
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References
^ Camposanto Di Genova, Fratelli Lichino Piazzale Clmitero Staglieno, Genova, various editions c.1900-c.1950
Bibliography
F.Resasco, La Necropoli di Staglieno, Genova 1892
T.Crombie, The Sculptors of Staglieno, Genoese nineteenth-century funerary monuments, in Apollo 1973 n. 135
R.Bossaglia-M.F.Giubilei, Cadaveri eccellenti, in Arte 1982, n. 124
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