Protection

by Dominique Fortier

Title

Protection

Artist

Dominique Fortier

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

I shot this sculpture at the Musée du Québec in Québec city, in an huge exhibition area devoted to the past and very strong catholic ritual prevailing in Québec during the 1600-1960 period, displaying golden altars and all sorts of inside the church big architectural or ritual elements, among which this gorgeous symbolic artifact/object. This strong religious background is now gone, and the Québec society and institutions are now secular.
The label besides the artwork says:
Sculpteur québécois non identifié
"Ange penché sur un enfant"
Entre 1870 et 1900
Pin polychrome
=
Unknown Québec Sculptor
"Angel Leaning over a Child"
Between 1870 and 1900
Polychrome pine

Here, the angel protects a baby. The angel is always a woman in this situation, in this very strong symbol in the catholic religious ritual. It also implies the care, love, kindness, comprehension, and devotion of a mother to her child or children, as conveyed by the moral and religious precepts of the time.

Dominique Fortier has created this artwork suitable for Greeting Cards and Prints up to 36.000" x 27.875".
Buy your iPhone or Galaxy case and/or other apparels with this artist's art at:
https://dominique-fortier.pixels.com/
Copyright Dominique Fortier, 2019. All rights reserved.

Featured on the following FAA groups homepage:
1- Lady Photographers and Artists 05/17/2019
2- Images That Excite You 05/18/2019
3- "New FAA Uploads" (06/18/2019)
Thanks to the group hosts for their encouragement and support.

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May 17th, 2019

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