Italian Carved Oak Guardian Angel c.1650A wonderful late 17th Century Italian sculpture of an Angel carved from oak, after Simone Cantarinis Guardian Angel Walking with Child etching (PESARO 1612 VERONA 1648). Like the work of Cantarini, the sculpture unites aspects of Italian classicism with a bold naturalism. The sculptor has achieved an ethereal delicacy and a vibrant quality to the work. With emotive and life like gestures, movement and expression to the features of the Guardian Angel