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Three Floating Angels
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The three floating angels formed the upper part of a right altarpiece wing. The corner spandrels visible in the gold ground were originally not gilded. Presumably, a painted or plastic arch was once placed here as the upper panel closure. The today lost lower part of the panel probably showed a saint figure. The central part of the triptych is convincingly seen in recent research in a Crucifixion panel in Darmstadt (Hessisches Landesmuseum, Inv. GK 9), on d...
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDrei schwebende Engel. um 1490. Meister des Monis-Altars (Umkreis Meister des Hausbuchs) (tätig um 1480–1500 am . Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung Emilie Linder. Public domain.