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This angel and its pair are all that remains of an elaborate Calvary group made by Tacca for the Chapel of the Duke's palace in Massa, near Carrara in Tuscany. The group included a second pair of angels as well as a large Cross with the Crucified Christ. It is likely to have been broken up around 1800 when the palace was pillaged by French troops, following Napoleon's invasion of Italy. Both figures are signed by Ferdinando Tacca in monogram on the drapery around their waist.
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