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St. Michael the Archangel

San Michele arcangelo -  St .Michael the Archangel
Object belonging
One's own
Category
Wood sculpture
City
Rome
Location
Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia
Specific location
Store
Inventory
PV 07293
Material and technique
Sculpted tilia wood, paint and gilding
Author
Bavarian School
Dating
c.1520-1530
Dimensions
127 x 38 x 23 cm.
Origin
Tower-Wurts Collection (1933)
Image copyright
SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This work, which came from the Wurts collection (100), is hollowed out on the back, and depicts a saint covered with a large, golden cloak, underneath which he is wearing armour with fluting; the armour has protruding parallel lines, which echo contemporary costumes made of pleated fabric, which came into fashion around 1520-30. The fauld, only part of which is visible, comprises five overlapped lamés, and is tied with a belt. He stands on a small dragon, whose jaws are open. His left hand rests on the scabbard, and the right is positioned to hold a weapon (now missing). He has long, curly hair down to his shoulders and his head leans slightly to the right. It is not easy to establish whether it is St. George or, more likely, St. Michael. As Santangelo (1954) noted, it is a southern German work from the first decades of the 16th century. Technical-scientific tests conducted in 2009 by IVALSA-CNR in Florence identified the wood used as tilia (Tilia sp.).

Grazia Maria Fachechi 

Bibliography

A. Santangelo (ed.), Museo di Palazzo Venezia. Catalogo delle sculture, Rome 1954, p. 61.

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