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Angels

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  • While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching.
  • The two angels visitng Lot's house in Sodom pull him back into his house, away from the rapacious, blinded mob. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • An angel gives Elijah cake and water. Line engraving by W. Panneels after P.P. Rubens.
  • The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.
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    At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

    | Reference: 20895i
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    The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Reference: 21594i
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    Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

    Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. | Date: 1791? | Reference: 29478i
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    A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 16062i
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    An angel reading the inscription on the tombstone of William Woollett. Stipple engraving.

    | Date: 1785 | Reference: 45223i
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