The image shows a muscular, winged figure standing with one foot on another figure lying beneath him. The standing figure holds a long spear in one hand and a rounded object in the other. His facial features are partially obscured by the shadows of a helmet, and his hair is short and curly. He wears armor including a breastplate, arm guards, and a skirt made of layered strips. The figure beneath him appears contorted, with their head turned back and limbs bent awkwardly. The background consists of swirling lines emanating from a circular halo behind the central figure's head, with rocks…
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Saint Michael

Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1493 - 1527)

artist after Raphael (Marchigian, 1483 - 1520)

c. 1520

Medium
engraving
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet: 25.6 x 18.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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