Angel in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, Albrecht Dürer

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, 1496.

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

The Heart of Jesus

El Corazón de Jesús (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on copper

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1612–1614.

L'Adoration des bergers (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Juan Rodríguez Juárez

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, c. 1717.

San Estanislao de Kostka (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Prison, 1805–1807.

Das Gefängnis (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Mystic Crucifixion, c. 1500.

Crucifixion mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

The Holy Children Justus and Pastor

Los santos niños Justo y Pastor (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Saint Rose of Lima, 1859.

Santa Rosa de Lima (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

The Creation of Adam, 1511–1512.

Creation of Adam (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

The Annunciation

La anunciación (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Virgin of the Rosary, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Virgin of the Rosary, 1675–1730.

Virgin of the Rosary (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil and gold leaf on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

The Guardian Angel, c. 1620.

El angel de la guarda (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Mystical Nativity, Sandro Botticelli

The Mystical Nativity, 1500.

La Nativité mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, José Juárez

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 17th century.

El martirio de San Lorenzo (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, Miguel Cabrera

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, 1760.

La Virgen del Apocalipsis (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890.

Pygmalion and Galatea (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Annunciation, c. 1615.

Anunciación (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on copper

Blaisten Museum (Andrés Blaisten Collection, Mexico City), Mexico

The Divine Shepherdess (La Divina Pastora), Miguel Cabrera

The Divine Shepherdess (La Divina Pastora), c. 1760.

The Divine Shepherdess (La Divina Pastora) (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on copper

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), United States

Visions of the Hereafter: Terrestrial Paradise, Hieronymus Bosch

Visions of the Hereafter: Terrestrial Paradise, 1500.

Visions of the Hereafter: Terrestrial Paradise (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Doge's Palace, Italy

Sorrow, 1903.

Szomorúság (museum title)

József Rippl-Rónai (Hungarian), oil on cardboard

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Divine Justice, 1808.

Divine Justice (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

St. Michael Vanquishing Satan, 1518.

Saint Michel terrassant le démon, dit Le Grand Saint Michel (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Le Chariot de foin, 1510.

Le Chariot de foin (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

The Heart of Mary

El Corazón de María (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on copper

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Last Communion of Saint Bonaventure

La última comunión de san Buenaventura (museum title)

José Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Apparition of the Angel to the Family of Tobias, Ignacio Merino

Apparition of the Angel to the Family of Tobias, c. 1865–1870.

Aparición del ángel a la familia de Tobías (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Saint Sebastian Succored by the Holy Women, Camille Corot

Saint Sebastian Succored by the Holy Women, 1874.

Saint Sebastian Succored by the Holy Women (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Prayer in the Garden

La oración en el huerto (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Triumph of the Innocents, William Holman Hunt

The Triumph of the Innocents, 1876–1887.

The Triumph of the Innocents (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Walker Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, Michel-Ange

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, 1511.

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Christ Consoled by the Angels

Cristo consolado por los angeles (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on copper

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Last Judgment, 1536–1541.

The Last Judgment (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Vatican

Tobie et l'ange, 1863.

Tobie et l'ange (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Saint Michael the Archangel, Luis Juárez

Saint Michael the Archangel, c. 1620.

San Miguel arcángel (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, Luis Juárez

The Virgin Presenting the Chasuble to Saint Ildefonsus, c. 1615.

La imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso de manos de la… (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Decoration for the Sacred Heart Chapel, Sacristy Entrance and Blessed Virgin Mary Chapel, Saint Mary's, Haddington Rd., Dublin, Harry Clarke

The Decoration for the Sacred Heart Chapel, Sacristy Entrance and Blessed Virgin Mary Chapel, Saint Mary's, Haddington Rd., Dublin, 1923.

The Decoration for the Sacred Heart Chapel, Sacristy… (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), gold paint, graphite and watercolour on card

National Gallery of Ireland

L'Annonciation, 1609.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France

Curtain for the City Theatre in Kraków, Sketch, Henryk Siemiradzki

Curtain for the City Theatre in Kraków, Sketch, 1893–1894.

Kurtyna teatru krakowskiego, szkic (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, 18th century.

La Disputa del Santísimo Sacramento del Altar (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Saint John the Evangelist, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint John the Evangelist, 18th century.

San Juan Evangelista (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Saint Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child, Luis Juárez

Saint Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child, c. 1630–1680.

San Antonio de Padua y el Niño Jesús (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

Museo Soumaya, Mexico

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, Titien

Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens, 1573–1575.

Philippe II offrant au ciel son fils l'infant don Ferdinand (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Pietà (Piedad), Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Pietà (Piedad), c. 1720.

Pietà (Piedad) (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

The Holy Family, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Holy Family, 1717.

La Sagrada Familia (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

View and Plan of Toledo, 1610–1614.

Vue et plan de Tolède (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

The Angelic Guards, 1808.

The Angelic Guards (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Double Trinity with Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria de la Cabeza, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Double Trinity with Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria de la Cabeza, 1701.

La Doble Trinidad con San Isidro Labrador y Santa María de… (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

The Holy Family with Raphael, Tobias and Saint Jerome, or the Virgin with a Fish, Raphaël

The Holy Family with Raphael, Tobias and Saint Jerome, or the Virgin with a Fish, 1513–1514.

Sagrada Familia con Rafael, Tobías y San Jerónimo, o Virgen… (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), huile sur bois (transposée sur toile)

Prado Museum, Spain

Study for "Divine Justice", c. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice" (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over graphite

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Jonah, c. 1800.

Jonah (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States