Saint Michael with Lucifer

c. 1556/1560

Giuseppe Porta

Associated Names
Giuseppe Porta

Artist, Venetian, c. 1520 - c. 1575

This is a drawing of a winged armored figure holding scales standing over a defeated creature. The figure holds a sword and the scales symbolize justice or judgment. The defeated creature is underneath the figure's feet. The drawing uses a monochromatic color palette with shades of brown, and is framed in an oval shape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.8 x 22.6 cm (12 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.87.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (di G C. in oval with crest inscribed No. 37A, Lugt undescribed); Hugelshofer, Zurich; Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January 1967; gift 1984 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Master Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond and tour, 1971-1972

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 3.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in blue crayon: G Tiepolo-; by later hand, lower right verso in blue crayon: 32 x 23m; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 872

Wikidata ID

Q64572501

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