# Angels' Vigil

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELDE, Henry van de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-henry-van-de-r1f4c416940ca7e>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Appliqué work, wool and silk, 140 x 233 cm

## Commentary

At the last salon of Les Vingt, in 1893, van de Velde exhibited his tapestry Angels&#39; Vigil, which marks his transition within artistic disciplines. With that, the circle of the specifically Belgian version of Art Nouveau closes. The tapestry is a practical example of van de Velde&#39;s theories of the reciprocal influence of colours on each other and their relationship. In form, it exemplifies a modern insight into the rhythm of line. A contemporary critic remarked of the embroidery: &#34;The composition is at once naive and solemn; it reminds one of the illustrations for fairy stories by Maurice Maeterlinck.&#34;

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- [Abstract composition with plants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-henry-van-de-r1f4c416940ca7e/abstract-composition-with-plants-r8f401668e5e664>)
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## Attribution

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