She's stunning.

She is. I always wondered what her arms were doing. In light of elisem's last post, I'd like to imagine her flipping the bird. :)

They're almost certain she's either holding a comb and mirror, or an apple - those are the two standard period poses, as far as we've been able to reconstruct. :)

The scale is stunning, too.

I can't post pictures, but here is my favourite Renaissance angel, a Della Robbia:
http://www.scultura-italiana.com/Galleria/Della%20Robbia%20Luca/imagepages/image2.html

I don't know what he's thinking, but he's much more alive than any other I've seen.
-Barbara

Ah, heck. Was going to post it in a comment - but the code doesn't wanna work, here.

You're right - his face is very, very alive.

Edited at 2009-02-01 04:57 am (UTC)

Well, the mouseover works fine. I used to think he was calculating the resale value of that candlestick and the distance to the exit.
Sorry I won't see you at Potlatch - if I get to Seattle sometime maybe we could have coffee/dinner/equivalent?

Why did only the arms get knocked off when everything else remained intact? I know, probably because they were where the stone was the thinnest.