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After Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo 1511-74)
St Michael casting down Lucifer c.1550-1600
Black chalk, heightened with white, on yellow-brown prepared paper | 53.0 x 39.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905996
After Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo 1511-74)
St Michael casting down Lucifer c.1550-1600
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A drawing of St Michael trampling Lucifer and thrusting a lance towards his chest; other rebel angels falling to left and right, a burning city below. Formerly attributed to Denys Calvaert, this is a facsimile-type copy of a drawing attributed to Vasari in Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung (inv. 2272; F. Härb, The Drawings of Giorgio Vasari, 2015, no. 62).
Provenance
Probably in the Royal Collection by c.1810
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk, heightened with white, on yellow-brown prepared paper
Measurements
53.0 x 39.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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