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Engraving of a winged angel above a sleeping bearded man in a canopied bed, with a kneeling figure at lower left and columns behind.

Angel appearing to a sleeping man in a columned interior, engraving

An engraving shows a winged angel descending in a columned interior toward a bearded man asleep in a canopied bed, while a kneeling figure in a cloak sits at lower left. A checkered tiled floor and a pedestal with a lion mask recede into the room, and a Latin caption runs along the bottom edge.

Artist
Johann Sadeler (I)
Date
1585
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3298 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1585.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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