Archangel, Arquebusier
Another unnamed militia member, its inscription lost — still Cusco School work of the first rank.
- Work
- Oil on canvas
- Artist / creator
- Cusco School (anonymous)
- Origin & date
- Peru, 18th century
- Held by
- Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Dorotheum auction record, Vienna
Format
The full-resolution scan — yours to print, study, and keep.
Size
$24.00
The story
Like several other survivors in this collection, this angel's original name inscription did not survive intact, though the painting itself — the costume, the pose, the quality of the brocateado gold work on the doublet — is unmistakably a product of the same Cusco workshops that produced the named militia.
Its presence here rounds out the wall a little further: the "Celestial Militia" was never a fixed roster of exactly the names history happened to preserve, and this collection tries to reflect that, rather than pretending only the legible names ever existed.
About this reproduction
- • Faithful reproduction of a public-domain work, sourced from Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Dorotheum auction record, Vienna’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.
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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.