Eros Greek c. 470 BC–450 BC

Roman copy of a Greek sculpture by Lysippus, 2nd Century AD

Byzantine icon from Daphni depicting the archangel Michael

Seraph mosaic, Hagia Sophia, 9th century

The Archangel Michael, 1299, Moscow, Tretyacov Gallery

Crying Angels, Lamentation of Christ fresco, Scrovegni Chapel, Giotto, 1305-13

French Bible, illuminated manuscript, 1320-1340

Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah') Catalonia, Spain, c. 1320-1330.

Madonna and Child with Angels, Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano, 1420

Albrecht Dürer, Mary as queen of the angels, 1518

Raphael, The Saint Madonna, 1515-16

Jan Van Eyck, The Annunciation, c.1434-1436

Madonna and Child with a Choir of Cherub, Andrea Mantegna, 1485

Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto, 1525

Little Bacchus, Guido Reni, 1622

Venus on the Waves, Francois Boucher, 1769.

William-Adolphe Bourguereau, The Birth of Venus, 1879

Meissen Porcelain with three putti, 19th century