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Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. 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.
In Byzantine art Michael was often shown wearing the formal court robes and loros that were worn by the Emperor and his bodyguard on special occasions, rather than as a normal warrior who battled Satan or with scales for weighing souls on the Day of Judgement. [7] A Victorian English scholar wrote, [8]
The painting represents the allegorical victory of Christianity over Death (depicted as a skull) and Sin (depicted as a snake). It was formerly thought to have been painted around 1615, but more recent stylistic comparisons with similar Rubens works have indicated that it was more likely to have been painted slightly later, i.e. around 1618.
Pages in category "Paintings of the Crucifixion of Jesus" The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Man of Sorrows is a tempera and oil on panel painting of Jesus Christ by the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510), thought to have been painted sometime between 1500 and 1510. [1] The work depicts Jesus in a crown of thorns with his hands and wrists bound by rope.
Earlier this year a picture re-emerged that showed what Jesus might have looked like as a kid. Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from ...
Paintings of Christ and the woman taken in adultery (11 P) Pages in category "Paintings of Jesus" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total.
A seven-alarm fire that tore through a 150-year-old church in Massachusetts miraculously spared a painting of Jesus Christ.