Angel of the Death | Horace Vernet | 1851 Frame Options:Black Frame This artwork exemplifies Yoshitoshi's fascination

This artwork exemplifies Yoshitoshi's fascination with the supernatural and his skill in creating compelling and dramatic imagery

head bowed and hands calmly crossed behind him

the work became one of Caravaggio’s defining masterpieces

almost playful

Angel of the Death | Horace Vernet | 1851 Frame Options:Black Frame This artwork exemplifies Yoshitoshi's fascinationAbout the artwork: Angel of the Death by Horace Vernet (1851) shows a solemn moment in a simple interior where a young woman lies on a bed, her body gently lifted by a dark robed, winged figure representing the Angel of Death. Her right hand is raised toward a beam of light from above, suggesting a passage from life to the afterlife, while a young man kneels beside the bed in prayer, his head bowed and hands clasped tightly. The scene includes