Genre
Angels & Heavenly Beings
Angels are how painting shows the messengers between heaven and earth. From the gold-ground panels of the early Italians to the cloud-borne hosts of the Baroque, they let an artist paint flight, light, and the supernatural, often crowding the upper register of an altarpiece with wings.
Key artists
Works
The Dead Christ with Angels
Annunciation
Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels)
Virgin and Child with Four Angels
Ia Orana Maria
The Adoration of the Magi
Burg Weiler Altar Triptych
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory
Opening of the Fifth Seal
Rosa Mystica
Virgin and Child with the Pietà and Saints
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and Angels
Madonna of Humility (Madonna dell'Umiltà)
Glorification of the Eucharist
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara
The Nativity with Donors and Saints Jerome and Leonard
The Flight into Egypt
The Crucifixion
Saints Nicholas of Tolentino, Roch, Sebastian, and Bernardino of Siena, with Kneeling Donors
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Nativity
The Nativity with Saints
Christ in the Wilderness
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels
Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt
The Nativity
Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
The Nativity
The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Virgin and Child in an Apse
Heaven and Hell
Saint Margaret of Cortona
The Departure of Saints Paula and Eustochium for the Holy Land
Virgin and Child with Angels
The Baptism of Christ
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor
The Crucifixion
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels
The Nativity
Madonna and Child with Angels
The Annunciation
The Adoration of the Christ Child
Roundel with Annunciation to the Shepherds
The Rebuke of Adam and Eve
Saint Cecilia
The Annunciation
Interior of a Catholic Church
Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels
Paradise
Panel from Saint John Retable
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist
The Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just
The Flight into Egypt
Madonna of Giverny
The Gathering of Manna
Expulsion of Adam and Eve
The Virgin Adored by Saints
Madonna and Child with Angels
Saint Geneviève
The Pérussis Altarpiece
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter and Paul and Angels
The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga
The Execution of Saint John the Baptist
The Holy Family with Angels
The Nativity
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict
Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer
Tobias and the Angel
The Crucifixion
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Saint Mary Magdalen Holding a Crucifix; (reverse) The Flagellation
The Crucifixion
The Resurrection of Christ and the Harrowing of Hell
Man of Sorrows
Engaged cassetta frame on a polyptych panel
The Coronation of the Virgin, and Saints
Santa Francesca Romana (1384–1440) Clothed by the Virgin
The Last Judgment
The Holy Family with Saint Paul and a Donor
Madonna and Child with Angels
The Baptism of Christ
Mérode Altarpiece
The Annunciation
The Trinity
Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph and an Angel
Adoration of the Shepherds
The Seven Sacraments
The Translation of the Holy House of Loreto
The Death of the Virgin
An Allegory, Probably of the Peace of Utrecht of 1713
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels
The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt
Madonna and Child with Nine Angels
The Flight into Egypt
Triptych: The Last Judgment
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels and a Donor
Pater Patriae
Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate
Virgin and Child
The Sacrifice of Isaac
The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation
The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise
Roundel with Annunciation to the Virgin
Madonna and Child with Angels
Madonna and Child with Angels
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels
The Dead Christ in the Tomb with Two Angels
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Cherubim
The Baptism of Christ
Madonna and Child Enthroned
Coronation of the Virgin
Christ as the Suffering Redeemer
Saints John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene
The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena
Angel Supporting a Heraldic Shield
The Virgin of El Camino with St. Fermín and St. Saturnino
Panel with the Angel Appearing to Zacharias (from a Retable depicting Saint John the Baptist and scenes from his life)
Moses Shown the Promised Land
Hagar and Ishmael
The Temptation of Saint Mary Magdalen
The Annunciation
The Assumption of the Virgin
Saint Sebastian
Roundel with the Baptism of Christ
Madonna and Child with Angels
The Temptation of Christ by the Devil
The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels
Saint Matthew and the Angel
The Expulsion from Paradise
Triptych with the Virgin and Child, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Ansanus
Adoration of the Christ Child
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Angel of the Church of Sardis with Saint John
Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Forsaken)
Dead Christ Supported by Angels
The Annunciation
The Immaculate Conception
The Angel Appearing to Zacharias
Roundel with Angel Supporting a Heraldic Shield
The Marriage of the Virgin
Angel Playing Instrument
Mercy's Dream
The Madonna Adoring the Child, with an Angel
Tomb Slab of Madame Blanche of France, Duchesse d'Orléans
Triptych with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
Roundel with Angel Supporting a Heraldic Shield
Border Fragment with Musical Angel
Angel with Portative Organ
Saint Michael the Archangel
Virgin and Child Supported by Angels
The Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin
Angel with Harp
Plaque with Censing Angels
Hagar and the Angel
Expulsion from earthly Paradise.
Diptych of Munich
Vertreibung aus dem Paradies
The Birth of Venus
Madonna with the Fish
The nativity
Angel
Two Angels
Angel
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Six Angels
The Angel Annunciate
Christ Carrying the Cross, called "The Lord of the Fall"
Cologne Diptych
Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece
The Flight into Egypt
The Virgin Nursing the Child
Allegory on Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662)
Portrait of Four Children as Ceres Ganymede Cherub and Diana
Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels
The Adoration of the Magi
The Crucifixion of Christ
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Adoration of the Shepherds
Saint Joseph’s Dream
The dead Christ venerated by Pius V
The Defeat of Sisera
Annunciation
Portinari Triptych
Mary with Child, John the Baptist, and Angels
Good and Evil
Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Salvaged
The Virgin and the Child
The Annunciation
The Assumption of the Virgin
The Holy Family with Angels
Altarpiece of the Annunciation
St Sebastian Being Tended by Two Angels
Frequently asked questions
What is Angels & Heavenly Beings?
Angels & Heavenly Beings is a motif in painting. Angels are how painting shows the messengers between heaven and earth.
How many Angels & Heavenly Beings works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 428 public-domain Angels & Heavenly Beings works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Angels & Heavenly Beings artists?
Key Angels & Heavenly Beings artists in the collection include Titian, Raphael and Édouard Manet.