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St. Michael, Luca Giordano, ca. 1663

Baroque / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “St. Michael” of about 1663 by the Neapolitan Luca Giordano.  This version of the tale from Revelation 12: 7-9 is notable by the high color of the archangel, the powerful thrust of his spear making contact with his opponent, and the agony of that opponent.  Giordano is influenced by the similar paintings of Reni and Raphael.  The dimensions of this masterpiece are 147 cm by 198 cm.  This masterpiece is in the Gemaldegalerie in the Kaiser Friedrich Museums, Berlin.

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Michael Trampling Satan, Guido Reni, 1635

Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Reni - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of Guido Reni’s 1635 masterpiece “Saint Michael the Archangel tramples on Satan”.  The original is in the Capuchin church of Santa Maria della Concezione in Rome.  Satan is here represented by the recognizable features of Pope Innocent X.

Guido Reni was born in 1575 Bologna and from the age of nine he professionally trained as a painting artist.  In about 1595 he joined Lodovico Carracci in the Academy of Progressive, Accademia degli Incamminati.  He was a leading light in the Bolognese school at Rome to which he moved in late 1601.  He worked there, in Naples, in Bologna and several other cities in Italy.  After 1613 he mostly resided in Bologna where he died in 1642.

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