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This black and white print shows an outdoor scene with lush leafy trees, open sky and mountains in the far distance. Two figures are walking along a wooded path in the foreground- one is a man with wings wearing robed garments and the other a younger man carrying a single large fish. There is a city shown in the middle distance through the trees and a pasture scene depicted on the right.
Hendrik Goudt
Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias)
1613
Museum Purchase
1972/1.165
Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.
French (French (culture or style))
Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk
1285 – 1295
Anonymous Gift in memory of Mrs. John Alexander
1993/2.10
A three-quarter length angel, robustly carved in high relief, emerges from a cloud bank on the curved inner face of the console. The outer face of the console bears a tightly wound vine scroll carved in shallower relief with a bird at its center. The bird grasps the vine with its left leg while stretching back to grasp a cluster of grapes in its beak.
French (French (culture or style))
Console with bird in vine scroll, rinceau, and angel
1150 – 1175
Museum Purchase
1975/1.64
Saints below surrounding a stone pedestal with the inscription "Non est hic. Mat 28", with the Virgin Mary above in the clouds with arms spread out surrounded by smaller angels. At the bottom edge of the print is engraved (left) "Callot fecit" and (center right) "Israel ex. cum priuil. Reg.".
Jacques Callot (French (culture or style))
Assumption of the Virgin [L'Assomption]
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.543
A page from a manuscript depicting a woman, kneeling to be crowned, while a standing man blesses her. She is surrounded by a court of angels in an architectural setting in the clouds.
Coronation of the Virgin
1508
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.558
This photograph depicts a view of a marble statue of an angel holding two palm fronds with a crucifix behind her. The statue is placed on top of a sealed stone well. Surrounding the statue is an ornate wall lined with arched windows.  
Samuel Bourne (British (modern))
The Memorial Well, Cawnpore, Statue by Marochetti
1865 – 1866
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1984/1.308
This is a preparatory drawing of a group of putti that form part of the painted decoration of the dome of Florence cathedral. The most striking figures are the putti in the upper corners of the drawing who support an architectural cornice and a pair of putto that appear between them. One of these putti holds a shirt and his companion holds three dice. Myriad other putti are rendered more lightly to give the impression that they are positioned in the background.
Federico Zuccaro
Study for the Last Judgement in the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
1571 – 1581
Museum Purchase
1973/2.81
Paper size: lh 17 1/5cm & rh 17cm x tw 22 7/10cm & bw 23cm. Plate size: h 9cm x w 14 1/10cm. Image size: lh 8 1/10cm & rh 8 3/10cm x tw 13cm & bw 12 1/10cm.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Angel Holding a Palm and a Crown
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
2008/2.438
Two kneeling winged figures in niches on the first level of this design flank a tree growing at the top of a small doorway. These elements are contained within a larger structure with pilasters and a coifered ceiling. Above the ceiling are two winged figures holding small branches. Situated directly above the tree on the first level are a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and another, larger crown sits above the architecture.
Ludovico Cardi Da Cigoli
Design for an Altar
1559 – 1613
Museum Purchase
1958/2.54
A drawing of two angels side by side in almost the same position.
Henri Laurens
Study of Two Angels
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.541
In the foreground, there is a man laying on a large human-sized book, one hand on his chin and the other holding a pencil to the page. In front of his pencil, the text "Mendez" and "1945" is printed. On the pages of the book are a skeleten-creature and on the opposite page an angel. Behind the man and the book is a large cactus, and then a large cross rises from its base. The cross is encircled by a large snake-like creature whose head is open, facing away, and an eagle is crucified with knives. Coming from the ends of the cross are what seems to be spears, pointing clockwise. Behind this foreground scene, there is an army marching under a flag with the skull and crossbones. A priest follows behind the army, seemingly coming from the open mouth of the large serpent whose tail holds the feet of the crucified eagle. To the left there are two more crucified figures, whose crosses are on fire. In the far background, there is a vista of a large city. 
Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican)
Lo que puede venir
1945
Museum Purchase
1949/1.181
In this painting, rendered entirely in gray monochrome, a technique known as grisaille, an angel descends on a bank of clouds toward a woman who kneels on the floor before a prie-dieu. She looks downward and turns away from the angel in a gesture of humility, and her head is illuminated by the light from a luminescent dove in the cloud above her. A bearded man looks down from the summit of the cloud, nearly engulfed in light, and a number of cherubim appear throughout the scene. The robust forms and grounded materiality of the woman's body and the furniture around her give way to light-filled clouds and diffused forms in the upper part of the canvas as the heavenly and worldly realms come together.
Mariano Salvador de Maella
The Annunciation
1775 – 1785
Museum Purchase
1967/1.37
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