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Winged Boy with Palm Branch and Trumpet

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Below each of the pendentive paintings is the figure of a winged boy, by Albert Weinert, approximately two feet in height. Holding a palm branch in one hand and blowing a trumpet with the other hand, the designs of the winged boy alternate. In the northeast and southwest pendentives, he holds the palm branch above his head. In the northwest and southeast pendentives, he holds the palm branch to his side. The palm branch and trumpet beling blown symbolize triumph or victory.




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