around 1510, Artist: Gerard David
The middle panel shows Michael triumphing over the powers of evil who appear here in the sinister realism of devilishly strange hybrid creatures. Seven in number, they remind us of the seven cardinal sins. In a small side-scene in the background the angels can be seen, led by Michael, struggling against the fallen angels of Satan, now turned into demons. On the inner wings are St. Hieronymus and St. Antony of Padua, on the outer wings St. Sebastian and a female saint with a boy.
Painting
Early Netherlandish
around 1510
Gerard David (um 1460 Oudewater bei Gouda - 1523 Brügge) - GND
oak wood
Middle panel: 66 x 53 cm, wings each: 66 x 22,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Gemäldegalerie, 4056
1886 bought at the auction Artaria
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