This panel is one of three that come from the lower tier of an altarpiece made for the Duke of Milan. The Archangel Michael stands triumphant after his cosmic battle with the devil (Revelation 12: 16). A pair of scales, hanging on the tree stump to the left, are a symbol…
The Capture of Christ illustrates a dramatic scene from Matthew 26: 47-57. Two richly dressed Pharisees lead the procession of armed guards and Jesus Christ. The haloed Christ, bound at the wrist, is pulled forward toward an unjust judgment and crucifixion. To the left a…
This fresco adorns the ceiling of the Parish Church of Biadene, near Treviso, Italy and shows the Virgin bound for Heaven borne on a cloud, flanked by a number of angels and putti.
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