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4 unusual facts about The Wounded Angel


Anya Monzikova

In 2007, Anya played the angel character from the painting "The Wounded Angel" in the music video Amaranth, the second single from Dark Passion Play, the album from the Finnish metal band Nightwish.

Eläintarha

The landscape of Töölönlahti in Eläintarha is portrayed in the famous painting The Wounded Angel by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg.

The Wounded Angel

The procession passes through a recognisable landscape, that of Eläintarha, Helsinki, with Töölönlahti Bay in the background.

When Simberg was asked to paint frescoes for the Tampere Cathedral in 1905-06, one was a larger version of The Wounded Angel, his favorite painting.



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