After Fra Angelico (Italian, 1395-1455) religious icon painting, tempura on incised gilt wooden panel, depicting a choir of angels playing trumpets, praying, or in "sacra conversazione". Housed in a carved giltwood frame with decoration including three putti and rays that expand outward in a sun-like manner. Sight: 12 1/2" dia. Frame: 25" H x 23" W. Italian, early 19th/late18th century. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.

PROVENANCE: See description for provenance information.

CONDITION: Overall good condition with wood shrinkage noted to panel, largest approximately 5". Some exfoliation to tempura paint. Gilt and material loss to interior portion of the frame. The putti on the frame and rays had some regilding. The exterior portion of the frame exhibits significant cracks and repaired breaks, largest 4 1/4".