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St. Michael Vanquishing Satan
St. Michael Vanquishing Satan is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael.
It is a large-scale and mature version of a subject he had earlier treated in the youthful miniature called "St. Michael". Both works are located in the Louvre in Paris.
History.
Raphael first visited the subject of the archangel Michael at the behest of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. The miniature was completed in 1504 or 1505 on the back of a draughtboard, possibly commissioned to
of the heavenly host against the forces of Evil. St. Michael's sword is vanquishing his chief opponent, Satan, whose decapitated figure plunges into the depths, his head dangling beneath the crab's claw. Tucked away next to the Sun, a lion and lamb relax together in the peace of God's kingdom, as foretold by the prophet Isaiah.
Surrounding the periphery of the sunken plaza in which the fountain sits are plaques, rendered in a style artistically similar to that of the fountain itself, depicting various philosophers,