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A Study of Angels in Art
Through the ages, artists have used Angels
in their art. The phrase "A picture is worth a thousands words" can easily
be seen in art. Here we will be studying the art of the masters such as
Rembrandt and Dürer as well as others. We fell behind on submitting new
art, but we will make an effort to feature a new piece of
art every month, so please bookmark this page for new studies.
If you have a recommendation for a
piece of art to be featured or would like to ask a question of our Fine
Arts Consultant, email us at
studies@angelfocus.com
This months featured artist:
Gustave Doré
If you are looking for art you saw in the
past, all art will be archived by artist below.
Archived studies
Rembrandt
~ Dürer
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Goltzius ~
Provost ~
Chagall
Gustave Doré
France: Strasbourg, January 6, 1832 – Paris, January 21, 1883
19th Century Illustrator, Painter, Sculptor and Printmaker
The
Firstborn Slain
Engraving, 1865
Illustration from the Bible
“…and it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt. There was not a house where there was
not one dead.” Exodus 12:29-30
The Jewish celebration of Passover is from the story of the final plague
that God sends down upon the Egyptians. The plague was the death
of the firstborn son of every family in Egypt. God tells Moses that
they children of the Israelites can be saved if they kill a lamb or
young goat and smear the blood on their doorframes. When the Angel
of Death passed through the land, he would see the blood on the
doorframe and know that it was the home of an Israelite, passing it by,
sparing the male children inside.
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