Large Baroque Carved Wooden Angel, c. 1680–1720This beautiful carved wooden angel was originally created to be suspended within a Baroque altar or architectural frieze, forming part of a larger ecclesiastical ensemble. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Central Europe particularly regions corresponding to present day Bavaria, Austria, and the Alpine territories was a centre of highly accomplished Baroque church sculpture. Figures of this type were designed to be viewed from below,