Angels, archangels and the celestial hierarchy in Western painting.
Seraphim, cherubim and archangels — the three ranks of the celestial hierarchy that painters ever gave a face.
Archangel Raphael with Tobias, St. Lawrence and the Donor Leonardo di Lorenzo Morelli
Andrea del Sarto
Saint Raphael the Archangel
Bernabé de Ayala
Saint Michael the Archangel
Claudio Coello
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Four Angels, the Archangels Michael and Raphael, and St. Gusto and St. Zenobius
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Archangel Gabriel and Virgin Annunciate
Gerard David
Altar of Archangel Michael
Gerard David
The warrior archangel in armour, scales in hand, treading on the dragon he threw out of heaven.
The messenger who kneels with a lily and speaks first — the single scene that fixed how an angel should look.
The healing archangel walking a boy home with a fish and a dog: the only angel in art with a travel companion.
Jacob's ladder and his night of wrestling, Hagar in the desert, the strangers at Abraham's tent, Balaam's blocked road.
Lutes, harps and open songbooks: the choir that fills the upper register of an altarpiece.
Charles Le Brun
Archangel Gabriel and Virgin Annunciate
Gerard David
Saint Raphael the Archangel
Bernabé de Ayala
Abraham Receiving the Three Angels
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Saint Francis deadened with an angel musician
Guido Reni
