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@artherstory.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 12:41 PM

Concert of angels / Concerto angelico, n.d., by Suor #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Held at Casale Monferrato, Museo Civico; source, artherstory.net/orsola-madda... #artherstory #womenartists #FeastOfTheHolyArchangels #FeastoftheArchangels #nuntastic

A painting that depicts four angels; their garments and their wings are predominantly gold, red, and green. According to Angela Ghirardi, the author of the blog post from which the digital image is sourced, “On the basis of characteristic attributes—the scale, the shield and the sword—one recognizes the archangel Michael on the left, intent on playing the violin. At the center the archangel Gabriel, identified by the lily, plays the lute. On the right, directing the music, is the archangel Raphael, with the score in his hand and a jar of ointment beside it. The attributes recall, in order, the Last Judgment with Saint Michael the Archangel weighing the souls and chasing the reprobates to hell; the annunciation of the archangel Gabriel bearing the lily of the Virgin; and the biblical story of Tobias who, helped by the archangel Raphael, cured his father’s blindness with the ointment. The fourth figure, squeezed between Michael and Gabriel, is devoid of attributes; this angel is represented in the act of singing, with eyes to the sky and a score in hand. It is perhaps Uriel, the least well known of the archangels, here called into service to complete the celestial musical quartet. At the right corner, Sister Orsola painted the fronds of a tree and roses, which according to some is almost a floral signature.”

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