Angel of the Death | Horace Vernet | 1851 Frame Options:Black Frame The artist's playful and imaginative

The artist's playful and imaginative interpretation of the supernatural theme adds a sense of fun and whimsy to the scene

painted in 1787

almost playful

the work became one of Caravaggio’s defining masterpieces

head bowed and hands calmly crossed behind him

Angel of the Death | Horace Vernet | 1851 Frame Options:Black Frame The artist's playful and imaginativeAbout the artwork: Angel of the Death by Horace Vernet (1851) shows a solemn moment in a simple interior where a young woman lies on a bed, her body gently lifted by a dark robed, winged figure representing the Angel of Death. Her right hand is raised toward a beam of light from above, suggesting a passage from life to the afterlife, while a young man kneels beside the bed in prayer, his head bowed and hands clasped tightly. The scene includes