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title: "The Angel with Golden Hair — Icons"
description: "The bust-length image takes its name from the fine golden lines in the hair. The archangel is commonly identified as Gabriel, but only possibly."
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/icons/angel-with-golden-hair"
language: "en"
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Historical icon

# The Angel with Golden Hair

[![The Angel with Golden Hair: a bust-length image of an archangel whose hair is drawn with fine golden lines.](https://spas.life/_astro/angel-with-golden-hair.CgOI82Ez_RPPJO.webp)](https://spas.life/_astro/angel-with-golden-hair.CgOI82Ez.webp)

The Angel with Golden Hair

[Open the image at full size](https://spas.life/_astro/angel-with-golden-hair.CgOI82Ez.webp)

Dating

Second half of the 12th century

Origin

Novgorod

Author / school

Unknown

Location

State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

## About the icon

The bust-length image takes its name from the fine golden lines in the hair. The archangel is commonly identified as Gabriel, but only possibly.

An icon is an image for prayer. The description explains theological meaning and prayer tradition; it does not promise an outcome.

**Source and image rights**

The Angel with Golden Hair, Novgorod, late 12th century; public-domain reproduction via Google Art Project and Wikimedia Commons.

Public domain

[Open the source page (Wikimedia Commons)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unknow_-_The_Angel_with_Golden_Hair_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)