Angel art along the Camino

[MesaWalker]

I have seen a lot of discussion threads on ¨Camino angels,¨ but I am interested in something different and didn´t find a thread on the topic. Who has photos of paintings, scultures, etc. of angels along a camino you´ve walked that you particularly like? I would love to see people´s photos of angels they´ve seen along the way.

To get started, here is a favorite angel of mine - from the museum at the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela by Master Mateo.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

1) Unknown location
2) Outside the Episcopal Palace, Astorga
3) Old monastery of San Juan de la Peña

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Yesterday, I saw this angel statue inside the church at Montefurado on the Camino Invierno.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Yesterday, I saw this angel statue (perhaps Gabriel?) inside the church at Montefurado on the Camino Invierno.

The church is San Miguel and the angel has the attributes of Saint Michael, a sword and slaying a dragon, so I think it is the archangel Michael.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The church is San Miguel and the angel has the attributes of Saint Michael, a sword and slaying a dragon so I think it is the archangel Michael.

Great details, Rick. Yes, there was a dragon underfoot and he, (apparently St. Michael) is carrying a sword to stab it.

 

[PeteD]

For somethig a bit more contemporary - a street art 'angel' (Logrono 2016) photographed through a glass panel (complete with my reflection)

 

[lovingkindness]

Hello @MesaWalker
Some of my favourite angels are found on the tympanums of romanesque churches in France.

Here are a couple of videos. Most of the churches are found along french pilgrim trails leading to Santiago de Compostela. (There are spanish angels & tympanum in the videos too). I particularly loved the angels of Colange-La-Rouge.

Film Sculpture - COMPOSTELA: The Joining of Heaven & Earth

compostela.co.uk

The second video gives closer views of the angels of Colange-La-Rouge and also a little history:

Regards
Lovingkindness

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Taken two days ago in Monforte de Lemos.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Taken two days ago in Monforte de Lemos.
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I was curious about the symbology and did a lookup. Now I'm curious about the truth of the story as told in the write-up.

Monforte de Lemos – C A T C H L I G H T

Posts about Monforte de Lemos written by catchlight

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[Camino Chrissy]

I was curious about the symbology and did a lookup. Now I'm curious about the truth of the story as told in the write-up.

Monforte de Lemos – C A T C H L I G H T

Posts about Monforte de Lemos written by catchlight

catchlight.blog

Rick, very interesting. You make a good sleuth!

 

[Blister Bill]

Garage wall in Lugo count ??

 

[VNwalking]

This rather stunning and grotesque tangle of cherubic arms legs and wings is in the Lugo Cathedral.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

This rather stunning and grotesque tangle of cherubic arms legs and wings is in the Lugo Cathedral.
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You have posted a plethora of angels in one photo. Is that cheating?
I love your adjectives; stunning and grotesque. Almost an oxymoron.

 

[VNwalking]

cheating

I don't know about cheating, but if the sculptor was in a contest to jam as many into one space as possible he would have won hands down. I thought it was pretty awful, but...taste...

 

[dick bird]

These two are in Santiago Cathedral. The Baroque had something of a thing about angels.

 

[dick bird]

Not on the camino, of course, actually Blythburgh, Suffolk. If you know it, you´ll know it is a stunning church, a gem of late Gothic, one of those churches called cathedrals of the fens because they are so imposing being built with the wealth generated by the wool trade. These two angels are original.