Who painted “Angel of the Death”?

“Angel of the Death” was painted by Horace Vernet in 1851. Where to see it: Hermitage Museum.

What to look for

Romanticism: Neoclassicism is cool and linear; Romanticism is turbulent and colourful. Realism, which followed, replaced drama with ordinary life.

Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863), better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. Wikipedia

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More by Horace Vernet

“Mazeppa and the Wolves”, 1826
“Polish Prometheus”, 1831
“The barrier of Clichy”, 1820
“Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings”, 1828
“Allan M'Aulay”, 1823
“The battle of Jena, October 14, 1806”, 1836
“The Battle of Bouvines”, 1827
“Battle of Fontenoy, 11th of May 1745”, 1828