Cleveland Museum of Art
Saint Michael the Archangel
- Date
- c. 1280
- Medium
- fossiliferous limestone
- Culture
- France, Lorraine
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 153359
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The Archangel Michael is shown here in his traditional role as the protector of souls who escorts the good into heaven. Though damaged, he holds the remnants of a small figure representing a human soul within his right arm. At his feet, the vanquished dragon symbolizes the saint’s defeat of evil in his struggle with the devil. This sculpture is believed to come from the cloister of the former Benedictine monastery of St.-Mihiel (dedicated to Saint Michael) in eastern France, near Verdun. Much of this abbey was destroyed during the French Revolution.
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Provenance
- (Ellin Mitchell Works of Art, New York).
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