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THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
BALKAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Brightly painted on a gold ground, the Archangel is depicted half-length as 'Captain of the Hosts', wearing armour and with a sword in his right hand, in his left he holds a celestial sphere inscribed with the Christic Monogram and 'NIKA'
27¾ x 20½in. (70.5 x 52.5cm.)
BALKAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Brightly painted on a gold ground, the Archangel is depicted half-length as 'Captain of the Hosts', wearing armour and with a sword in his right hand, in his left he holds a celestial sphere inscribed with the Christic Monogram and 'NIKA'
27¾ x 20½in. (70.5 x 52.5cm.)