There are two of these pictures in Florence;[233] others at Verona,[234] Turin[235] and Munich.[236] In each Michael is armed, Raphael grasps Tobias by the hand, and Gabriel carries a branch of lilies.
But the four figures in a row make an awkward composition, and stiffness is avoided at the expense of dignity. A mincing angel, too conscious of his pretty wings and daintily-held lily, is the Gabriel of the best known of these pictures, attributed of late years to Botticini.
Jörg Brue
THE COLUMBINE OF THE SEVEN GIFTS
(Berlin)
The Master of Flémalle
Photo Hanfstängl
SAINT BARBARA WITH THE ROYAL LILY