Mexican school following 18th century models; 20th century.

Mexican school following XVIII century models; XX century.
"Archangel".
Oil on copper.
Measurements: 20 x 11,5 cm.
Devotional image that presents the archangel. The work follows the aesthetic models of the XVIII century. The Archangels are the superior level of the Third Order in the angelic hierarchies, and they are the only ones among them that have names. As for the West, the Lateran Council (746) limited the number of archangels to worship three (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael), a circumstance that changed after the discovery in 1516 of a fresco in the church of San Angelo of the Carmelite order in Palermo in which the Trinity appeared with the seven archangels, which, moreover, would be reproduced (sometimes with variations) by numerous engravings, thus extending the iconography. Thus, from this moment on, the Catholic Church included this number among those who would receive worship, multiplying the representations of them in a single painting, or forming cycles with each one of them in a work.