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Summary

Guido Reni: Archangel Michael defeats Satan

Artist



Alternative names	Guido Rhenus il Guido
Description	Italian painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death	4 November 1575 / 4 November 1575	18 August 1642
Location of birth/death	Calvenzano	Bologna
Work location	Bologna (1599-1600), Rome (1600-1602), Bologna (1603-1605), Rome (1605-1610), Bologna (1611-1612), Rome (1612), Bologna (1615-1616), Mantua (1617-1621), Rome (1622-1629), Naples (1624-1626, 1640-1642)
Authority file	: Q109061 VIAF: 49288294 ISNI: 0000000123206667 ULAN: 500030334 LCCN: n80021717 NLA: 36520375 WorldCat

Title

Archangel Michael defeats Satan

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Depicted people

Date

circa 1636

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 293 cm (115.3 in); width: 202 cm (79.5 in)

Collection

Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome

Notes

Deutsch: Auftraggeber: Kardinal Sant'Onofrio, Bruder von Papst Urban VIII.

References

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:59, 22 June 2017	1,576 × 2,358 (313 KB)	Prosfilaes	Reverted to version as of 03:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC); upload different versions separately
	23:18, 21 June 2017	408 × 600 (45 KB)	Claíomh Solais	Reverted to version as of 06:37, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
	21:07, 23 February 2017	1,576 × 2,358 (313 KB)	Prosfilaes	Reverted to version as of 18:30, 16 January 2012 (UTC); let's have multiple pages with differing versions of this picture
	17:26, 23 February 2017	1,657 × 2,441 (501 KB)	Alonso de Mendoza	mejor
	18:30, 16 January 2012	1,576 × 2,358 (313 KB)	Prosfilaes	again, it's the original. If you like another better, and there's reasons not to, upload it seperately
	06:37, 16 January 2012	408 × 600 (45 KB)	Jembob	Reverted to version as of 05:44, 2 January 2010
	03:44, 31 October 2011	1,576 × 2,358 (313 KB)	Prosfilaes	Revert to Yorck Project image; it's the original one, and has distinct advantages (as well as disadvantages) with respect to later images
	05:44, 2 January 2010	408 × 600 (45 KB)	ReaverFlash	Reverted to version as of 05:22, 26 January 2009
	20:25, 1 January 2010	408 × 600 (73 KB)	ReaverFlash	bridgemanart source
	17:37, 1 January 2010	408 × 600 (77 KB)	ReaverFlash	different source