Photographs

Saint Michael Spearing the Devil

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1921
Accession number: 2000.5.2840
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 3 in. (17.5 x 7.6 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: St. Michael standing, in armor, left foot on rocky outcrop, right foot on head of the devil. Michael, wings outstretched above, holds spear in both hands, tilting his head down to left as he drives spear into the devil. Devil's wings and scaled tail visible at lower left. Hills visible in distance at left.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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