White Angel is a fresco of around 1235 in the Church of the Holy Trinity at the Mileseva monastery in Serbia. It depicts the angel at the tomb of the risen Christ, dressed in radiant white robes and seated on the stone that sealed the burial place, gesturing toward the empty tomb as it addresses the myrrh-bearing women who came to anoint Christ body on Easter morning. Painted during the reign of the Serbian king Stefan Vladislav as part of the monastery larger fresco cycle, White Angel is among the most celebrated works of medieval Serbian art and is widely reproduced as an emblem of Serbian cultural heritage. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year CreatedWikipedia dates the fresco c. 1235; Wikidata lists 1230 LocationMileseva monastery, near Prijepolje, Serbia (southern wall of the church) 1 Medium
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dated c. 1235
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this fresco is considered to be one of the great achievements in European painting
Location and history
near Prijepolje, on the southern wall of the church
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White Angel is a fresco of around 1235 in the Church of the Holy Trinity at the Mileseva monastery in Serbia.
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White Angel (Serbian: Бели анђео / Beli anđeo) is a detail of one of the best known frescoes in Serbian culture in the Mileševa monastery, Mironosice na Hristovom grobu (Мироносице на Христовом гробу, the Myrrhbearers at Christ's
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