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| Michel Corneille the Younger Tobias and the Angel ca. 1660-70 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Louis Gauffier Abraham and the Three Angels 1793 drawing (study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
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| Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Molosso) The Annunciation before 1619 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Giulio Romano The Annunciation ca. 1536 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Agostino Ciampelli The Annunciation 1597 oil on canvas Chiesa degli Ottimati a Reggio Calabria |
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| Daniele da Volterra Angels supporting the Escutcheon of Pope Paul III Farnese ca. 1545 stucco relief Sala Reggia, Palazzo Apostolico, Vatican |
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| Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri St Peter delivered from Prison by an Angel before 1656 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino |
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| Andrea Pozzo Agony in the Garden, with Angel Comforters ca. 1675 oil on canvas Palazzo Pretorio, Trento |
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| Giovanni Francesco Penni St Michael Archangel subduing Satan ca. 1510-20 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Andrea Appiani the Elder Sacrifice of Abraham ca. 1795-1800 drawing Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Antonio Maria Zanetti Sacrifice of Abraham before 1767 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Giandomenico Tiepolo Sacrifice of Abraham before 1804 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Jacob Jordaens Sacrifice of Abraham ca. 1655 drawing, with watercolor (possibly a tapestry modello) Musée du Louvre |
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| Michel Corneille the Younger The Expulsion from Paradise before 1708 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Serafino da Verona The Expulsion from Paradise ca. 1580 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Benjamin West The Expulsion from Paradise 1791 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
"Furthermore, it also transpires that angels, through the will of the Lord, through human necessity and the variety of tasks they are called upon to perform, may assume the form of a captain, of a soldier at arms, of a traveler, of a pilgrim, of a guide or shepherd, of a guardian or minister of divine justice, of an ambassador or herald of good news, of a consoler, of a musician playing upon his instruments, as properly required in each case. Thus it is with Saint Michael in his struggle against the devil, with the angel that guards the portals of Paradise, with the angel which brought death to the first-born, with the angel that utterly destroyed the army of Sennacherib, with the angel that appeared to Tobias, with the three angels that appeared to Abraham and consumed the cities with fire, with those that attended the birth of Christ, His Resurrection and His Ascension. Those painters who depict garments and devices in strict accordance with the historical story will succeed best in this respect."
– Francesco Pacheco, from The Art of Painting (1649), translated by Zahira Veliz (1986)