The Wounded Angel
By: Hugo Simberg
Date: 1903
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 50 x 60.6 in.
Location: Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 50 x 60.6 in.
Location: Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
This symbolist work shows a female angel with bandaged eyes being carried by two youths through a desolate landscape. A subject of much discussion, the work is viewed as a portrayal of human vulnerability.