According to the artist signature on antique postcards, the famous Guardian Angel painting was originally created by H. Zabateri (pseudonym of artist Hans Zatzka.) The Guardian Angel became very famous when art prints were published in the USA under the artist name of Lindberg. No one knows Lindberg's first name and it seems to be the only painting for which he or she is known. It's possible that Lindberg was more involved with creating the lithograph templates. I doubt there was an actual painting by Lindberg anywhere. Otto A Stemler did the same thing: he converted many popular black and white engravings & illustrations from the 1800's and turned them into beautiful full-color lithograph art prints. Stemler's art prints of the life of Jesus are still very popular today. So I suspect Lindberg's story is the same. The inspired work of both Stemler and Lindberg are still copied and recreated by modern artists.
Images for Jesus
