St Michael Slaying Lucifer

 St Michael Slaying Lucifer

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

Winged figure of St Michael wielding a sword with the head of the Devil held down beneath his foot.


artist (after): Guido Reni

Private Collection

The picture is a copy of St Michael Slaying Lucifer (1636) by Guido Reni (1575-1642) for Cardinal Franceso Barberini, and now in Sta Maria della Concezione, Rome. The features of Lucifer are those of (from 1644) Pope Innocent X, which may be seen by comparison with his portrait by Velasquez.


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011

 

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  St Michael Overcoming the Devil

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1154 (accessed 23 November 2024)


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