The photograph shows a kneeling angel in profile, facing left with hands clasped in prayer. The sculpture is identified as Giovanni Antonio Amadeo's Kneeling Angel, a work in the Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art. Amadeo (1447-1522) was a Renaissance sculptor and architect in Lombardy, associated with the Certosa di Pavia and Milan Cathedral.
White border at bottom with handwritten identification in blue ink; black background.
No postmark, stamp, or address. Divided-back National Gallery of Art card; printed caption for Amadeo's Kneeling Angel (Kress Collection). Handwritten dealer/collector mark "#59 1-" in lower right. Lightly toned card stock, no postmark year.
Cite this card
Kneeling Angel by Amadeo, Washington, DC, circa 1941, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/kneeling-angel-by-amadeo-washington-dc-circa-1941. Accessed November 2, 2026.
