St Michael Slaying Lucifer

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Winged figure of St Michael wielding a sword with the head of the Devil held down beneath his foot. medium: oil on canvas technique: painting artist (after): Guido Reni Private Collection The picture is a copy of St Michael Slaying Lucifer (1636) by Guido Reni (1575-1642) for Cardinal Franceso Barberini, and now in Sta Maria della Concezione, Rome. The features of Lucifer are those of (from 1644) Pope Innocent X, which may be seen by comparison with his portrait by Velasquez.  (ObjectID=1154 ImageID=2207) Original File Name=_MG_4953.jpg

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• the Archangel Michael fighting the dragon (devil, Satan)  [Revelation 12:9]

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales