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.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by S. Scafa.

A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.

Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.

Jesus blesses Joseph as he dies. Engraving by C. Fantetti after C. Maratta.

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Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit 6. The angel informs Tobias that the liver and heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall will cure blindness. The fish had threatened to swallow Tobias (Tobit 6.2), but the writer tells us only that it was "a large fish"

1 print : etching ; platemark 33.1 x 21 cm

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

One of the apostles is retrieving roses from the empty tomb

1 print : etching ; border 50.8 x 33.7 cm

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

In the text, Lavater comments that he prefers the Reni to the Raphael (Wellcome Library no. 29479i)

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

Adamson Collection

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 53.5 x 42 cm

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At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

An angel hovering over a body in a hospital bed / Peter Rossiter.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

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Angels

Images

Works

At the advice of the angel, Tobias carves up the fish to retrieve its medicinal properties. Etching.

The Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after A. Carracci.

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

An angel hovering over a body in a hospital bed / Peter Rossiter.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

Wellcome Collection

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