The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Saint Michael
1450–67
(German, active 1450–67)
Sheet: 13.7 x 9 cm (5 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Grace Rainey Rogers Fund 1948.457
Catalogue raisonné: Lehrs II.221.153
Location: not on view
Description
Wearing gothic armor and a spectacular cape, the Archangel Michael prepares to strike down two demons with a broadsword. As the leader of the battle against Satan in Saint John’s vision of the Apocalypse, Michael exemplified the medieval belief that angels fought every day to protect people from sinful temptation, characterized here by the face leering from the devil’s belly directly at the viewer.- Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987).35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1948.457