This panel was painted at the same time as the panel depicting the "The Temptation of Adam and Eve" by Masolino on the opposite wall. Masolino and Masaccio, were both prominent 15th-century Italian painters, and worked together on the Brancacci Chapel frescoes, offering a clear basis for comparison.
Themed images for Angel.
Part of the Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac in St Anne's chapel Great Malvern Priory. This stained glass window was commission by Isabel Despenser and Richard de Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick. Dated between 1440 and 1450this panel depicts Abraham being told to sacrifice Isaac.
Detail of Fra Angelico's Annunciation fresco (1442) at San Marco monastery in Florence. This image shows the Angel Gabriel within a cloister containing Corinthian columns.
Taurin's mother is told by an angel that her unborn son will do great things.
This panel from a stained glass window (c1465) in Saint-Taurin, Evreux, shows an angel announcing that the Virgin Mary is about to die, and presenting her with a palm taken from heaven.
Early 16th century Netherrlandish roundel of the Assumption in Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.
Stained glass panel c1520 of the Angel Gabriel in Evreux Cathedral. This is part of a two panel representation of the Annuniciation, the other panel next to it depicting the Virgin Mary.
Two carved polychrome sculptures of Angels (c1523) at Amiens Cathedral. These form part of a sequence of sculptured based on Jesus Cleansing the Temple.
This sculpture depicting the three mary's at the tomb (1610), is part of the choir screen at Chartres Cathedral, and is by the French sculptor Thomas Boudin
Monument by John Flaxman showing an idealized spiritual mother (d1784) and child rising from the sea to be greeted by angels.
This panel (1865) is by Hardman and Co., and depicts the angel at the empty tomb. It is part of three panels in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral that illustrate the Three Maries discovering the empty tomb.
Detail of Angels by Henry Holiday for Powel & sons. Part of a stained glass window in Salisbury Cathedral on the subject of "Suffer the little children".
Detail of stained glass Angels by Henry Holiday for Powel & sons. Part of a window in Salisbury Cathedral on the subject of "Suffer the little children".
Ascension image in the east window of All Saints church, Harborough Magna in Warwickshire.
Detail from Hardman stained glass of 1885, on the subject of Jacob Wrestling with an angel.
Detail of Hardman stained glass (1885) at Fenny Compton, Warwickshire illustrating Jacob's dream during his flight from his brother Esau.
Hardman stained glass depicting the Annunciation to the Shepherds. Worcester Cathedral.
These panels by Hardman and Co., are part of the Nativity window (1892) in Tewkesbury abbey. The scenes depict the annunciation to the shepherds, the wise men seeing a star, and the wise men before King Herod.
Panel from the W.C. Buckley memorial window by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist.
This nativity scene is by Edward Burne-Jones and is one of the panels in the W.C. Buckley memorial windows at Middleton Cheney.
