An old coloured religious image of the Archangel GABRIEL also known as the Angel of Revelation or 'The messenger'. He is the one who in the bible who appeared to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions . He is usually depicted He typically wearing white or blue holding either a lily (representing the Theotokos aka the Virgin Mary, the mother of God), a trumpet, a lantern, a branch from Paradise presented to him by the Theotokos, a spear or a japer mirror.

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