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Gloria

1884

Thomas Wilmer Dewing

(American, 1851–1938)
Culture
America
Medium
gouache over graphite
Support
Beige wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 30.8 x 27.8 cm (12 1/8 x 10 15/16 in.); Image: 27 x 23 cm (10 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.722
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

Dewing’s small, densely packed composition of four singing angels alludes to depictions of angels playing musical instruments found in 14th-century medieval manuscripts. Angels were traditionally shown playing stringed instruments, whose delicate tones were thought to lift the mind to spiritual matters. The harp, as depicted here, was the instrument most closely associated with heavenly music. With the continuous circling of halos and harps, Dewing suggested a hypnotic, celestial melody.

Gloria

1884

Thomas Wilmer Dewing

(American, 1851–1938)
America

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