The Archangel St. Michael sending Satan back to hell
Object: The Archangel St. Michael sending Satan back to hell
Museum object
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Bernardo Germán Llorente (1680-1759) | Painter
- Title:
- The Archangel St. Michael sending Satan back to hell
- Inventory Number:
- 2018-D007/003
- Collection:
- Old Masters
- Domain:
- Painting
- Period | Style | Movement:
- Baroque
- Material | Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Measurements:
- 312,5 x 197,5 cm
- Credit:
- Private collection
- Location:
- MNHA | Main building | 2nd floor | Kutter Rooms | Large Kutter Room
- Description:
-
This monumental painting was probably part of an altarpiece of a chapel in a church or convent in Seville, from where it was probably looted in 1835. The style is similar to that of Bernardo Germán Llorente, an artist who worked in Seville during the first half of the 18th century. His work includes religious paintings, portraits, still-lifes and mythological scenes. His many paintings of the Virgin dressed as a shepherdess earned him the nickname Pintor de las Pastoras. His works are often falsely attributed to Murillo.
Another version of the subject of Saint Michael’s struggle with the demons exists, in one of the chapels of the Cathedral at Jaén. This was painted in 1757, two years before the artist died, and is signed ‘Bernardo Germán Llorente’. The composition is very similar, but the size of the canvas is different.
The highly dynamic composition is arranged around the shield that depicts Murillo’s Immaculate Conception.
Malgorzata Nowara
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public domain
Image(s): In Copyright
Metadata: CC0
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
Object: The Archangel St. Michael sending Satan back to hell
Museum object
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Bernardo Germán Llorente (1680-1759) | Painter
- Title:
- The Archangel St. Michael sending Satan back to hell
- Inventory Number:
- 2018-D007/003
- Collection:
- Old Masters
- Domain:
- Painting
- Period | Style | Movement:
- Baroque
- Material | Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Measurements:
- 312,5 x 197,5 cm
- Credit:
- Private collection
- Location:
- MNHA | Main building | 2nd floor | Kutter Rooms | Large Kutter Room
- Description:
-
This monumental painting was probably part of an altarpiece of a chapel in a church or convent in Seville, from where it was probably looted in 1835. The style is similar to that of Bernardo Germán Llorente, an artist who worked in Seville during the first half of the 18th century. His work includes religious paintings, portraits, still-lifes and mythological scenes. His many paintings of the Virgin dressed as a shepherdess earned him the nickname Pintor de las Pastoras. His works are often falsely attributed to Murillo.
Another version of the subject of Saint Michael’s struggle with the demons exists, in one of the chapels of the Cathedral at Jaén. This was painted in 1757, two years before the artist died, and is signed ‘Bernardo Germán Llorente’. The composition is very similar, but the size of the canvas is different.
The highly dynamic composition is arranged around the shield that depicts Murillo’s Immaculate Conception.
Malgorzata Nowara
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public domain
Image(s): In Copyright
Metadata: CC0
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas