# Squatting angel statue **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609 "2017-05-28T18:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/1 "2017-05-28T18:27:06Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a picture of a full-sized sculpture of [this squatting angel](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/18577417182414724/). What is it called, and who made it? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/2 "2017-05-28T18:49:54Z")
I dont know who made it but you can buy it [here](http://www.gardeners.com/buy/crouching-angel-garden-statue/8590089.html) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/3 "2017-05-28T18:55:55Z")
**Snowboarder Bo** needs one of these for his caganer collection. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/4 "2017-05-28T19:07:22Z")
I’m betting it’s made by Toscano. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/5 "2017-05-28T19:19:20Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I dont know who made it but you can buy it [here](http://www.gardeners.com/buy/crouching-angel-garden-statue/8590089.html) Mrs. L.A. has one. > [@silenus](#): > > I’m betting it’s made by Toscano. Is it not a reproduction of a ‘real’ statue? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/6 "2017-05-28T19:53:05Z")
I’ve got one of those; quite lovely. But, yeah, who sculpted the original? Is it someone famous and classical, like Bernini? Or is it a more modern work? Definitely lovely and evocative. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/7 "2017-05-28T20:02:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Is it not a reproduction of a ‘real’ statue? No; the [Toscano page](https://www.designtoscano.com/product/remembrance+and+redemption+angel+statue-+grande+-+ne867229.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=Search) specifically identifies it as a unique piece. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/8 "2017-05-28T20:20:17Z")
and now, of course, the adds at the bottom of the page here are trying to sell me one of these angels, from the site that I just posted as if I didnt know they were there! Way to go Mozilla, your targeted ads are working perfectly! mc ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/9 "2017-05-28T20:47:21Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > No; the [Toscano page](https://www.designtoscano.com/product/remembrance+and+redemption+angel+statue-+grande+-+ne867229.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=Search) specifically identifies it as a unique piece. Huh. I could have sworn I saw a life-sized version made of stone. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/10 "2017-05-28T20:52:27Z")
Now that you’ve all seen it, don’t look away, don’t even blink. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/11 "2017-05-28T21:13:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Now that you’ve all seen it, don’t look away, don’t even blink. > > 😉 No, those ones are always looking at you. This one is just crying into its hands ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/12 "2017-05-29T21:53:35Z")
Looks like something copied from Michelangelo’s Angel at the Basilica of San Domenico, in Bologna Italy. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/13 "2017-05-29T22:35:31Z")
[You mean this guy?](Michelangelo’s Angel at the Basilica of San Domenico, in Bologna Italy.) Impressive, to be sure, but it lacks the emotional drive of the one in the OP. (What is the emotion expressed by the statue? Is it sensuous/sexual? It could almost be the opposite, a posture of sorrow and mourning. Is it a Rohrschach blot, where you project into it what your own mind sees?) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/14 "2017-05-29T23:14:55Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > [You mean this guy?](Michelangelo’s Angel at the Basilica of San Domenico, in Bologna Italy.) Impressive, to be sure, but it lacks the emotional drive of the one in the OP. > > (What is the emotion expressed by the statue? Is it sensuous/sexual? It could almost be the opposite, a posture of sorrow and mourning. Is it a Rohrschach blot, where you project into it what your own mind sees?) No, I meant [this one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(Michelangelo)). To me, the OP’s example seems like a kitschy, melodramatic copy of Michelangelo’s elegant one. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/15 "2017-05-29T23:50:27Z")
Gosharooty, my link didn’t work; that was the same one I _meant_ to link to, but I bummed it somehow. Dunno; I don’t see 'em as very similar. The Michaelangelo one is stark and austere, a power showing his dominion on the throne (so to speak.) He’s an angel of authority. The modern one is extremely emotional (I think.) [(Not that Michaelangelo didn’t have a mastery of emotion!)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned_edit.jpg) ETA: Actually, I agree that the modern one is a little kitschy. But it’s a nice ornament to a bookshelf. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/16 "2017-05-30T00:02:00Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Dunno; I don’t see 'em as very similar. Not similar at all. > [@Trinopus](#): > > ETA: Actually, I agree that the modern one is a little kitschy. But it’s a nice ornament to a bookshelf. Or flower pot shelves. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/17 "2017-05-30T00:09:23Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > No; the [Toscano page](https://www.designtoscano.com/product/remembrance+and+redemption+angel+statue-+grande+-+ne867229.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=Search) specifically identifies it as a unique piece. > [@](#): > > quality designer resin I’ll give them this; they try hard. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/18 "2017-05-30T05:53:09Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > [You mean this guy?](Michelangelo’s Angel at the Basilica of San Domenico, in Bologna Italy.) Impressive, to be sure, but it lacks the emotional drive of the one in the OP. > > (What is the emotion expressed by the statue? Is it sensuous/sexual? It could almost be the opposite, a posture of sorrow and mourning. Is it a Rohrschach blot, where you project into it what your own mind sees?) Sorry I’m not seeing it. To me it looks like someone straining to evacuate their bowels (and in a bad position, you wouldn’t want to do that with your feet together). Color me crass if you like, but I wouldn’t be able to have it in my garden, that’s all I would be able to think about. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/19 "2017-05-30T14:33:59Z")
It reminds me of [Spirit of Ecstasy](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Ecstasy), the Rolls Royce hood ornament, which, IIRC from one of Cecil’s columns, was inspired by image from an old sex manual. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609/20 "2017-05-30T19:58:38Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ve got one of those; quite lovely. But, yeah, who sculpted the original? Is it someone famous and classical, like Bernini? Or is it a more modern work? Definitely lovely and evocative. What do you find it evocative of? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squatting-angel-statue/787609.md?page=2)