Text and Composition Study, The Angel of Victory Triptych

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Text and Composition Study, The Angel of Victory Triptych
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Text and Composition Study, The Angel of Victory Triptych

Datec. 1941
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions5 5/8 × 4 3/8 in. (14.3 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 2012
Object number2012-17
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Label TextInitially Oakley chose the Apostle Paul’s words at the end of Romans, Chapter 8 as her inscription for The Angel of Victory, comparing the American troops to emboldened “conquerors” in a spiritual army, and their military campaigns abroad to a greater battle against the forces of evil. As this biblical passage also attests, Oakley saw the war as one that could not be lost, for, as Paul writes, “neither death nor life, nor angels nor demons, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation” can overcome the power and love of God.
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Composition Study, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Study for Text on Left Panel, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Study for Text on Left Panel, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Composition Study, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Composition Study, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
Image Not Available for Designs for Victory Monogram and Dedication Text, Second Angel of Victory Triptych
Designs for Victory Monogram and Dedication Text, Second Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Panel Study for the Angel Gabriel, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Study for a Pilot, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Study for St. Gabriel's Hand, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Study for Center Panel, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
Image Not Available for Study for St. Gabriel's Face, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Study for St. Gabriel's Face, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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Figure Study for St. Gabriel, The Angel of Victory Triptych
Violet Oakley
c. 1941
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