Britannia is clearly identifiable, followed by (from left to right) Italia, Austria, Russia, Germania and (standing for France) Marianne. The angel is the Archangel St Michael. This painting by the German artist Hermann Knackfuß in 1895 was a present by Kaiser Wilhelm to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. It represents the challenge to Christian Europe to unite against the godless "Yellow Peril" of the East.
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