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from the School of Avigonon, approx. 1480

Treat yourself to this classic style angel in your home today! Note the original artwork shown in "Other Images" below.

Italian renaissance painting was so predominant in the 15th century, that French artists fell into insignificance. Around 1450, Froment and Enguerrand founded the Avignon school, which nevertheless developed a highly individual style, greatly influenced by the direct and at times macabre realism of Flemish primitive painting.

The altarpiece of Perussis typifies the Avignon school in its simplicity and color combination. In a simple symmetrical composition, the curiously empty cross is worshiped against a background vista of Avignon. One of the genuflecting figures is assumed to be the patron himself. The scene is flanked by the family coats of arms, on which static angels hold a banner bearing the Perussis' motto. The primitive positioning of the central angels, with their peacock-plumed wings, on either side of the cross immediately draws attention. They are painted in an endearing primitive style.

This meticulously reproduced collectible historical art work is part of the 3-D adaptations of the Mouseion Sculpture Collection made by Parastone, a renowned European collectible manufacturer.