In 14th and 15th century Tuscany and Umbria, angels appeared everywhere in sacred art.



Benedetto Bonfigli, Angels with Roses, Church of San Francesco al Prato, Perugia, circa 1466



Detail from a painting by Lorenzo de Niccolo, early 1400s, Santa Croce Church, Florence



Donatello, Tabernacle of the Annunciation, 1433, Santa Croce Church, Florence



Rosello di Jacapo Franchi, St. Bernardino of Siena with angels and donors. A giant saint, a smaller angel, and the tiny humble donor who commissioned the painting!



And a Renaissance-styled angel from the glorious exterior of Florence’s Duomo, completed in Victorian times, around 1880.