Livorno Daily Photo: Four Angels

Monday, November 3, 2014

On the pendentives of the dome of the church of San Benedetto we can see four angels. The reliefs are the work of the local sculptor Paolo Emilio Demi (1798-1863), who is also the author of the monument to Leopold II of Tuscany in Piazza XX Settembre, just in front of the same church.

See also: San Benedetto - Leopold II of Tuscany
External links: Pendentive (Wikipedia) - Dante Alighieri (DPS)

William Kendall said...: Softly beautiful, each in their own way.; November 3, 2014 at 12:13 AM
Revrunner said...: Interesting to see them together like this.; November 3, 2014 at 12:16 AM
Michelle said...: Wonderful detail!; November 3, 2014 at 12:41 AM
Kate said...: Art in historic churches are so delightful. These four angels and delicate and lovely.; November 3, 2014 at 2:10 AM
Randy said...: Very beautiful indeed.; November 3, 2014 at 2:57 AM
Dina said...: I will look at domes in a new way now that I know the term for the architectural element pendentive.
Thanks for another new word, VP.
Oh, and the angels are nice too.; November 3, 2014 at 7:25 AM
Gunn said...: I guess there are not many people who can do his work as good as him.

Always nice to see beautiful art.; November 3, 2014 at 8:49 AM
Babzy.B said...: very nicely sculpted :); November 3, 2014 at 9:34 AM
Unknown said...: I second Revrunner. Beautifully done, VP!; November 3, 2014 at 4:46 PM
Luis Gomez said...: These are beautiful VP.; November 3, 2014 at 5:29 PM
cieldequimper said...: Good idea to show them like this!; November 3, 2014 at 9:47 PM
Jack said...: These are quite lovely. It is easy to glance too quickly and assume that each is identical. I enjoyed seeing the four different angels.; November 4, 2014 at 3:33 AM
Karl said...: Good idea to show the four angels together, do they have a name?; November 4, 2014 at 2:21 PM