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The Angel of Death, 1885. Black pastel and opaque gold paint, over traces of black chalk, on brown wove paper.
Black pastel and opaque gold paint, over traces of black chalk, on brown wove paper · 46.5 × 38 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Angel of Death
- Artist
- Evelyn De Morgan British, 1855-1919
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- Black pastel and opaque gold paint, over traces of black chalk, on brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- 46.5 × 38 cm (18 5/16 × 15 in.)
- Credit line
- Regenstein Endowment and Meg and Mark Hausberg funds
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1855–1919
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.