Trivia / The Fallen Angel

• Similarly Named Works:
  • Cabanel's painting shares its name with a comic book (Fallen Angel) by Peter David, a professional wrestler (Christopher Daniels) whose nickname is "The Fallen Angel", a 1945 movie (Fallen Angel (1945)), one installment of the Sacred series, and a roleplay (Fallen Angel RP). Fallen Angel is also a popular episode title, e.g., Kamen Rider Hibiki, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Xena: Warrior Princess, and The X-Files.
  • A variation, Fallen Angels, names works such as a Larry Niven novel, 1955 film (Fallen Angels) by Wong Kar-wai, one of the novels in the Horus Heresy saga, and a spinoff of New Mutants.
• What Could Have Been: An earlier version◊ of the painting tells a slightly different story than the final work. While Lucifer is still in his Corner of Woe and the overall pose is the same, he looks more despondent and his hand is cradling his head. His eyes are not the main element but are scrunched close like his face, which focuses solely on mourning and suffering instead of adding anger and betrayal into the mix. This is reflected by the statuesque look of the non-fallen angels and the greater prominence of the storm clouds in the sky. There's also a lack of Dramatic Wind. Additionally, Lucifer is not depicted as hot, what with him being less muscular and his face contorted in an ugly expression. Oh, and his hair is black instead of red. The color palette has grey, yellow, and blue as its primary hues — the final version features an Orange/Blue Contrast. Finally, Lucifer's wings are still blackening from his fall but they are also turning bat-like instead of remaining feathery.

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