Bernhard Plockhorst1900

Guardian Angel (Schutzengel)

An angel watches over two children at the edge of danger, an image of the promise that God will give his angels charge to keep his own in all their ways (Psalm 91). An oil painting by the German painter Bernhard Plockhorst.

Guardian Angel (Schutzengel) by Bernhard Plockhorst depicting Psalms 91:11
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About Bernhard Plockhorst

1825-1907 · German

Bernhard Plockhorst was a German painter best known for his devotional religious images, including "Christ Blessing the Children", "The Good Shepherd", and "Guardian Angel" — works that circulated widely in chromolithograph form across Europe and North America.