# The Angel Standing in the Sun

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TURNER, Joseph Mallord William](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 79 x 79 cm

## Commentary

This dazzling and strange painting is the companion-piece of the Undine. The Angel is none other than the Angel of the Apocalypse from the biblical Book of Revelation. Perhaps the artist was thinking of himself as he conceived the apparition materializing from a blaze of his famous painted sunshine.

## Related artworks

- [Camposanto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/camposanto-r11c4844f5fdef4>)
- [Dido Building Carthage or the Rise of the Carthaginian Empire](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/dido-building-carthage-or-the-rise-of-the-carthaginian-empire-re4adbc9fc0f92c>)
- [Dutch Boats in a Gale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/dutch-boats-in-a-gale-rb21f4cea53fb8a>)
- [Fishermen at Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/fishermen-at-sea-rbaa27833d2c9c3>)
- [Frosty Morning](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/frosty-morning-rb0ad3730db3680>)
- [Heriot&#39;s Hospital, Edinburgh](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/heriots-hospital-edinburgh-rc760389249ce6e>)
- [Landscape with a River and a Bay in the Background](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/landscape-with-a-river-and-a-bay-in-the-background-r67ab03863071d9>)
- [Morning amongst the Coniston Fells](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/morning-amongst-the-coniston-fells-r89ced1cdc94373>)
- [Norham Castle, Sunrise](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/norham-castle-sunrise-rd7cc3016313bfd>)
- [Peace - Burial at Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/peace---burial-at-sea-r925c9e9d96be24>)
- [Quillebeuf, at the Mouth of Seine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/quillebeuf-at-the-mouth-of-seine-r8a68dccf562c15>)
- [Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/rain-steam-and-speed-the-great-western-railway-r6528b2d8074dd6>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)