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2. Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan - Wikipedia

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   It shows the archangel Michael standing on top of Satan's back with his right foot. The painting was commissioned by Pope Leo X and has been located in the Louvre in Paris since 1667. This painting has symbolic meaning within the Christian religion as it symbolizes God triumphing over evil. Raphael had a gift for creating images that evoked ...

3. Saint Michael (Raphael) - Wikipedia

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   Saint Michael is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. Also called the Little Saint Michael to distinguish it from a larger, later treatment of the same theme, Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan, it is now in the Louvre in Paris. [1] The work depicts the Archangel Michael in combat

4. Archangel Michael in Christian art - Wikipedia

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   He may be standing over a serpent, a dragon, or the defeated figure of Satan, whom he sometimes pierces with a lance. [2] The iconography of Michael slaying a serpent goes back to the early 4th century, when Emperor Constantine defeated Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople in 324 AD, not far from the Michaelion, a church dedicated to Archangel ...

5. Category:Paintings of Michael (archangel) - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Paintings of Michael (archangel)" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

6. Michael (archangel) - Wikipedia

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   A painting of the Archangel slaying a serpent became a major art piece at the Michaelion after Constantine defeated Licinius near there in 324. This contributed to the standard iconography that developed of the Archangel Michael as a warrior saint slaying a dragon. [25]

7. Virgin of the Assumption and St. Michael the Archangel

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   Archangel Michael fights the devil and the Virgin of the Assumption of the Angels is an oil painting on canvas (243x166 cm) of Dosso Dossi and Battista Dossi, dated to about 1533 to 1534 and preserved at the Galleria nazionale di Parma.

8. The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Giordano) - Wikipedia

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   The lower part of the painting, characterized by the presence of the demons defeated by the archangel Michael, shows a clear rebellious imprint in the chiaroscuro features of the scene; while the upper part, characterized by the figure of the saint, shows evident influences of Venetian painting. The image of Saint Michael mirrors that of ...

9. The Archangel Michael (Poulakis) - Wikipedia

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   The materials used for The Archangel Michael were tempera and gold leaf on wood panel. The height of the painting is 76 cm (29.92 in) and the width is 54.3 cm (21.37 in). The work of art follows the traditional maniera greca but the style is far more advanced than Byzantine and Cretan art. The painter employs an advanced painting style that ...