The “Angelus”. Artist: Jean-François Millet.

The “Angelus”.

Artist: Jean-François Millet

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“The Angelus”.

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The “Angelus” (French: L’Angélus) is an oil painting by French painter Jean-François Millet, completed between 1857 and 1859.

The painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field, over a basket of potatoes, to say a Prayer, the “Angelus”.

Millet was commissioned by the American would-be painter and art collector Thomas Gold Appleton, who never came to collect it.

The painting is famous today for driving the prices for artworks of the Barbizon school up to record amounts in the Late-19th-Century.

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The “Angelus” (Latin for “Angel”) is a Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation of Christ.

As with many Catholic Prayers, the name “Angelus” is derived from its incipit — the first few words of the text: “Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ” (“The Angel of The Lord declared unto Mary”). 

The devotion is practised by reciting, as versicle and response, three Biblical verses narrating the mystery, alternating with the Prayer “Hail Mary”.

The Angelus exemplifies a species of Prayer called the “Prayer of the devotee”.[1]

The devotion is traditionally recited in Roman Catholic Churches, Convents, Monasteries, and by The Faithful, three times a day:[2]

In the morning;
At noon;
In the evening (usually before or after Vespers).

The devotion is also observed by some Anglican, Western Rite Orthodox, and Lutheran Churches.

The Angelus is usually accompanied by the ringing of the Angelus Bell, which is a Call to Prayer.

The Angel referred to in the Prayer is Gabriel, a messenger of God, who revealed to The Virgin Mary that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God [Editor: If she gave her consent, of course. Which she did] (Luke 1:26–38).[3]

In Eastertide, the Angelus is replaced by the Regina Coeli.