The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Bruegel)

The oil painting (also called fall of the fallen angels or angels fall) The fall of the rebellious angels is an 1562 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder -made illustration of a biblical topic of hell fall. The picture shows the angels of God in light-colored clothing or shining armor, as they fight down a swarm of demonic beings with grotesquely distorted faces. Several angels fight with swords or lances bloodied, others blow trumpets. The monsters are depicted as chimeras with realistically reproduced characteristics of salamanders, amphibians, fish or insects.

The plant has a long artistic tradition. Such complex compositions of intertwined bodies had already designed around the late Gothic painter Martin Schongauer. Hybrid creatures with body parts, the exact figure of the animal kingdom are include for providing Hieronymus Bosch.

The 117 centimeters high and 162 centimeters wide wooden board is now in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels. It is signed lower left and dated " MDLXII / Brvegel ".