1940s Italian Silver Heart Religious Medal: Raphael Cherub Angel Holy Catholic Medallion Necklace Pendant, Putti

A gorgeous Italian Silver Heart medal for all the Angels among us. Features Raphael Sanzio's Cherub Angel From Detail Of The Sistine Madonna Artwork. A beautiful and resplendent Cherub Angel looks upward pensively with hand resting on its chin. We LOVE this piece is, and we just know you will adore it too! Unusual & Unique Heart-Shaped Catholic Medal with a blank reverse, making it ideal to engrave a tiny monogram or commemorative date!!!

The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael Sanzio. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza. The canvas was one of the last Madonnas painted by the artist. Giorgio Vasari called it "a truly rare and extraordinary work".

Relocated to Dresden from 1754, the well-known painting was particularly influential in Germany. After World War II, it was relocated to Moscow for a decade before being returned to Germany. It is now a master piece of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

Cherubim

A prominent element within the painting, the winged angels beneath Mary are famous in their own right. As early as 1913 Gustav Kobbé declared that "no cherub or group of cherubs is so famous as the two that lean on the altar top indicated at the very bottom of the picture." Heavily marketed, they have been featured in stamps, postcards, T-shirts, and wrapping paper. These cherubim have inspired legends of their own. According to a 1912 article in Fra Magazine, when Raphael was painting the Madonna the children of his model would come in to watch. Struck by their posture as they did, the story goes, he added them to the painting exactly as he saw them. Another story, recounted in 1912's St. Nicholas Magazine, says that Raphael rather was inspired by two children he encountered on the street when he saw them "looking wistfully into the window of a baker's shop."

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Size: 5/8" wide x 5/8" tall