Archangel Gabriel outside Jesus' tomb after the resurrection, 1235

This fresco from ca. 1235 shows the archangel Gabriel outside Jesus' tomb after the resurrection. He is pointing to the grave while two women on the right-hand side are looking in on the scene. Painted by the unknown master of Mileševa monastery near Prijepolje, Serbia, the fresco is part of a range of high-quality mosaics at the church. The monastery was founded between 1234 and 1236 and remains an important spiritual centre in Serbia.

Fresco of the "white angel" at Mileševa monastery, colour photograph, 2007, photographer: Snežana Trifunović; source: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beli_andjeo2.jpg, Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en.