Archangel Josiel
From the angel-wall of Uquía, high in the Argentine Andes — the militia's southern outpost.
- Work
- Oil on canvas
- Artist / creator
- Andean colonial school (anonymous)
- Origin & date
- Uquía, Argentina, 17th–18th century
- Held by
- Church of San Francisco de Paula, Uquía, Argentina — via ARCA (Arte Colonial Americano) database, Wikimedia Commons (public domain — Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0)
Format
The full-resolution scan — yours to print, study, and keep.
Size
$24.00
The story
Josiel hung in the church of San Francisco de Paula in Uquía, a small town in the Quebrada de Humahuaca — the high Andean corridor connecting Bolivia's silver country to what is now northern Argentina. Uquía's church holds one of the most complete surviving angel-militia sets anywhere: a full wall of named, uniformed archangels, arquebuses raised, guarding the nave together.
That completeness matters — most angel-militia paintings survive as scattered singles, sold off individually over the centuries. Uquía's set shows the form the way it was actually meant to be seen: not one noble angel, but a company of them, heaven organized like a viceregal army.
This is the frontier of the Cusco School's reach — the same visual language, transplanted a thousand miles south along the Andes.
About this reproduction
- • Faithful reproduction of a public-domain work, sourced from Church of San Francisco de Paula, Uquía, Argentina — via ARCA (Arte Colonial Americano) database, Wikimedia Commons (public domain — Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0)’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.
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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 Asiel, Timor Dei
"The Fear of God" — one of the militia's most reproduced names, now sourced.