Angel Arcabucero
An unnamed member of the militia — the format survives even where the angel's name doesn't.
- Work
- Oil on canvas
- Artist / creator
- Cusco School (anonymous)
- Origin & date
- Peru, 18th century
- Held by
- Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Christie's auction record
Format
The full-resolution scan — yours to print, study, and keep.
Size
$24.00
The story
Not every arquebusier angel that survives carries a legible inscription — ribbon lettering fades, canvases get trimmed or relined, and a name gets lost while the image itself endures. This is one of those: recognizably part of the militia format, plume and gun and all, but without the specific identity that would let it stand beside Eliel or Uriel by name.
It belongs in the collection anyway — a reminder that this was a production genre before it was a gallery of individual portraits, and that anonymity was always more common in this tradition than the named exceptions suggest.
About this reproduction
- • Faithful reproduction of a public-domain work, sourced from Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Christie's auction record’s open-access release.
- • Printed to order on EMA matte art paper, 200gsm. The heirloom frame is gold, under acrylic, with no mount.
- • Color-managed to the source scan.
- • Ships in 5–9 business days; satisfaction guarantee.
From the same collection
Archangel Eliel with Harquebus
A noble in plumed hat and lace collar, musket shouldered like a courtier's cane.
The Archangel Salamiel with a Musket
Winged, armed, and dressed for a viceroy's court — the militia of heaven, Andean-style.
Archangel Josiel
From the angel-wall of Uquía, high in the Argentine Andes — the militia's southern outpost.