St Michael Overcoming the Devil
detail from St Michael Overcoming the Devil with Angels
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
1921
Three-light window.
firm/studio: Morris & Co.
Church of St Cybi, Holyhead, Anglesey
Given in memory of Harry Adeane, Captain in the Coldstream Guards, who died at the first Battle of Ypres, 1 November 1914.
The composition of Michael here overcoming Satan is clearly inspired by the work of Guido Reni (1575-1642) painted in 1636 for Cardinal Francesco Barberini, in the church of Sta Maria della Concezione, Rome. (This is the painting in which Satan has the unmistakeable features of Pope Innocent X, compare with the portrait by Velasquez.) This was a popular work in the late nineteenth century (see the copy in a private collection from Carmarthenshire and the banner in St Michael's, Abertillery). Given the roots of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones in the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, it is somewhat ironic to find that the inspiration for this design comes from a seventeenth century painting. However the window is more the work of the designer Henry Dearle, even though, as may be seen in the firm's work of 1927 in the north aisle, cartoons by Burne-Jones were still being reused in the 1920s.
Three-light window.
firm/studio: Morris & Co.
Church of St Cybi, Holyhead, Anglesey
Given in memory of Harry Adeane, Captain in the Coldstream Guards, who died at the first Battle of Ypres, 1 November 1914.
The composition of Michael here overcoming Satan is clearly inspired by the work of Guido Reni (1575-1642) painted in 1636 for Cardinal Francesco Barberini, in the church of Sta Maria della Concezione, Rome. (This is the painting in which Satan has the unmistakeable features of Pope Innocent X, compare with the portrait by Velasquez.) This was a popular work in the late nineteenth century (see the copy in a private collection from Carmarthenshire and the banner in St Michael's, Abertillery). Given the roots of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones in the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, it is somewhat ironic to find that the inspiration for this design comes from a seventeenth century painting. However the window is more the work of the designer Henry Dearle, even though, as may be seen in the firm's work of 1927 in the north aisle, cartoons by Burne-Jones were still being reused in the 1920s.
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 07-11-2012
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Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 196.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2012. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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