This is of plaster, painted to resemble marble, and was made in 1679. It is an important copy because the original in Jerusalem was destroyed by fire in 1808 and rebuilt two years later in a different style. The gilded angels here used to be in the sacristy, and are thought to be part of a large candelabrum known to have been made in 1679 by Fra Cosimo, one of friars.
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