Hand-painted in oil
About this Artwork
One of the three who are named
The celestial hierarchy has nine orders, but Western painting names only three of its members with any regularity: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. This title supplies both halves at once — a personal name and the rank of archangel — and so states outright what most entries here leave to attributes. Sixteen of the 224 titles in this catalogue contain the word archangel; six name Raphael.
What the record holds
The catalogue carries no date for this entry and gives Bernabé de Ayala, a Spanish painter, with Baroque as the style term. No dimensions are recorded. The measured colour families are ochre and yellow. No location is recorded.
A record with almost nothing in it
This is among the thinnest entries in the catalogue. There is no date, no location and no dimensions — a name, a rank, a painter and two style terms. Saying so is more useful than filling the gaps, because a rank asserted without a date is still a fact about the title, while a date supplied without a source is not a fact about anything. Raphael's identification in painting runs through the Book of Tobit rather than through armour or a lily, which is why he is the archangel most often recognised by his company.
Sources
2 references- Ayala, Bernabé de — Getty ULAN
Spanish painter, ca. 1600-1672
- Bernabé de Ayala — Wikipedia
Bernabé de Ayala (1625-1689) was a Spanish painter. == Life == He was born at Jerez de la Frontera in the beginning of the 17th century, studied under Zurbarán and imitated his manner in his tints and draperies. No doubt many of his picture
