St. Gabriel the Archangel (detail; M 017) Ceramic Tree Decoration

You have several options here: 1) Leave the ornament as is with the same image on both sides. 2) Hide or delete the featured image on the back to reveal our suggested text. Our text, which is provided for demonstration purposes only, may, of course, be replaced with a greeting, a Biblical passage, or any other text of your choosing. 3) Delete or hide the featured image and the suggested text to reveal a solid-colored field ready to receive your own design. To choose a new background color, see the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Here, in this detail of Three Archangels and Tobias by Francesco Botticini (1446-1498), a minor master of the Early Italian Renaissance, St. Gabriel, Archangel of the Annunciation, carries a lily, symbol of purity, and his principal attribute. Like the other Archangels, St. Gabriel wears an openwork halo. He is clad in a white gown shaded in pastel pinks, blues, and violets, and is wrapped in a green mantle lined in vibrant aqua blue. His wings are darker shades of pink and purple. The contours of the figures are precisely delineated. And, the fabrics and ornamentation are rendered with great attention to detail. + Feast: September 29 + Image Credit (M 017): Detail of Three Archangels and Tobias, by Francesco Botticini (1446-1498), tempera on panel, 60 5/8” x 53 1/8” (154cm x 135cm), Florentine Italian, ca. 1470, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. {{PD-Art|PD-old-100}}. From an antique Stengel postcard in the designer’s private collection.