Music-Making Angels
1521
Albrecht Dürer captures a heavenly jam session in this lively 1521 sketch, where a choir of angels strums lutes, blows flutes, and sings with surprising energy. You can spot the artist’s famous 'AD' monogram and the date at the bottom, marking this as a work from his later years. Instead of stiff, ethereal spirits, these angels look like real, bustling musicians, rendered with Dürer’s masterful cross-hatching that gives their robes and wings incredible texture and movement.
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