The Destroying Angel! An Emblematic Illustration – Vintage Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures The Destroying Angel! An Emblematic Illustration in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Destroying Angel! An Emblematic Illustration
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The title points to a figure of judgment rather than comfort: the Destroying Angel, a messenger of divine punishment from the Hebrew Bible, who brings plague on Jerusalem with a drawn sword until he is stayed at the threshing floor of Araunah (2 Samuel 24). The subtitle, "An Emblematic Illustration," places it in a tradition of pictures paired with moral lessons, where the image was meant to stand for a warning and be read as well as viewed. Such scenes usually reminded viewers that mercy and wrath both came from God.
| Original scan | 8,561 × 6,730 px · prints to 29 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02523u |
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