Head of an Angel

About the Artwork

This decorative bracket was intended to simulate a functional supporting element at the top of a pilaster or beneath an organ loft or pulpit in a church. Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, a member of a family of artists active in southern Germany and Switzerland, worked in a variety of media including wood and stucco. He often enlisted the aid of assistants, one of whom may have executed this work.

Provenance

Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to Severance and Greta Millikin, 1960, upon his death, retained by Greta Millikin. Greta Millikin, upon her death, held in trust by the estate. Estate of Greta Millikin, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1989.

Exhibition history

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (German, 1696–1770)
Date: c. 1750
Medium: painted and gilded wood
Dimensions: Overall: 48.1 x 64.3 x 23.6 cm (18 15/16 x 25 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
Accession no.: 1989.154

More by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer in museum collections

Study for an Altar with a Figure on a Raised Socle at Left; verso: Study for an Altar with a Figure of an Angel or Saint
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
ca. 1720–40 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00022855