Prague School, 1590s

Saint Michael Vanquishing the Devil

Details

Prague School, 1590s
Saint Michael Vanquishing the Devil
oil on panel
18¾ x 12½ in. (47.6 x 31.8 cm.), with ¼ in. (0.7 cm.) additions on all edges

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in Paris, 2003, as Florentine School, c. 1590.

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Lot Essay

The present lot relates to the monumental bronze sculpture executed in 1588 by Hubert Gerhard for the façade of the Michaelskirche, Munich, after a design by Friedrich Sustris. It is also comparable to an engraving of 1597 by Lukas Kilian after a drawing by Peter Candid (see B. Volk-Knüttel, Pieter Candid (um 1538-1628): Gemälde - Zeichnungen - Druckgraphik, Berlin, 2010, nos. D23 and Z29), but is unique in several details, such as the feet and legs of the Devil.

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