Angeli – Messaggeri, custodi e viandanti, le sublimi creature dall’Antico al Contemporaneo

Pietro da Cortona, Carlo Dolci, Guercino and others

Paintings, sculptures and works on parchment showing angels from the Middle Ages to today, gathered in memory of Pope Francis.

Three sections, Messengers, Guardians and Wayfarers, run from putti and Annunciations to warrior archangels, guardian angels and angel musicians. Loans include Pietro da Cortona’s Guardian Angel (1656) from Palazzo Barberini, Carlo Dolci’s Angel of the Annunciation from the Uffizi and Spadarino’s Guardian Angel from a church in Rieti, beside Guercino’s Saint Matthew and the Angel from the Capitoline’s own collection and modern works by Osvaldo Licini and Omar Galliani. Curated by Massimo Rossi Ruben and Viviana Vannucci.

Full details at museicapitolini.org