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Painting of a winged horned demon on a rocky hill at dusk, above a tangled mass of falling figures in a dark, desolate landscape.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

A winged, horned figure stands on a rocky rise at dusk, arms spread, above a heaped mass of writhing, falling bodies. Dark, sweeping brushwork fills a wild landscape under a dim sky, with a faint orange glow at the horizon.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1866
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2072 × 1440 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1866; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: La caída de los ángeles rebeldes

Una figura alada y con cuernos se alza sobre una loma rocosa al atardecer, con los brazos abiertos, por encima de una masa amontonada de cuerpos que caen y se retuercen. Pinceladas oscuras y amplias llenan un paisaje agreste bajo un cielo tenue, con un leve resplandor anaranjado en el horizonte.

Português: A queda dos anjos rebeldes

Uma figura alada e com chifres ergue-se sobre uma elevação rochosa ao anoitecer, de braços abertos, acima de uma massa amontoada de corpos que caem e se contorcem. Pinceladas escuras e amplas preenchem uma paisagem agreste sob um céu sombrio, com um leve brilho alaranjado no horizonte.

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