Title: Angel
Object type: Crèche figure
Date: second half 18th–early 19th century
Artist: Attributed to Angelo Viva 
Artist bio: Italian, Naples 1748–1837 Naples
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Polychromed terracotta head; wooden limbs and wings; body of wire wrapped in tow; various fabrics
Dimensions: H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.)
Classification: Crèche
Credit line: Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Angels