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From the painting "The Fall of the rebellious angels" (1562), Musée des Beaux-Arts at Brussels.
Hovering but broken-winged with an insect-like abdomen, this fallen angel disappears into the underworld with a loud shriek. There he will undergo his punishment for being one of Lucifer's followers who haughtily thought he could dethrone the almighty God.
Material: Resin, hand made and hand painted
Height: 15,5 cm
PIETER BREUGEL DER ÄLTERE (1528 -1569)
THE FALL OF THE REBELLIOUS ANGELS Archangel Michaël is getting even with his rebellious colleague Lucifer and his followers. This story symbolises how the decay of the church and its clergy was brought to a stand still in the 16th century.
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