‘At a certain point the artist, in the process of depicting the historical and mythological, finds himself facing the supernatural and esoteric aspect of existence, the winged beings that are part of our collective imagination.’ Thus for Zagato fallen angels and archangels are the representation of the connection between us humans and the divine.

He portrays them with the same unconscious eroticism and sensual beauty of his mythological and historic characters, explaining that ‘we humans invoke them when we feel lost and helpless, seeking help or consolation from these beings of pure energy and wisdom, offering intercession with the supreme divine’.