{"product_id":"san-miguel-raphael","title":"Saint Michael ","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaphael’s San Miguel is widely recognized by millions of people. The painting shows the Archangel Michael with demons around him. The angel has two wings and a halo, and he is surrounded by the dark, gloomy depths of hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Apocalypse of Saint John (the Book of Revelation), the Archangel Michael, having defeated the rebellious angels, slays the dragon, an allegorical embodiment of evil, and casts it to the earth. In this work of art, Raphael enriched the traditional depiction of the scene with auxiliary scenes inspired by Hell from the Divine Comedy, in which Dante describes the punishment of hypocrites and thieves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the grace of a ballet dancer, the young Saint Michael moves with his sword raised high as he tramples the horrible beast. The figures in the work confront one another in a desolate landscape, with the silhouette of a burning city in the distance. The influence of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kuadros.com\/collections\/vendors?q=R%C3%A9plicas%20de%20Leonardo%20Da%20Vinci\" title=\"Replicas of Leonardo da Vinci\"\u003eLeonardo da Vinci\u003c\/a\u003e, whose battling warriors in \u003ca title=\"Battle of Anghiari - Leonardo da Vinci\" href=\"https:\/\/kuadros.com\/products\/batalla-de-anghiari-leonardo-da-vinci\"\u003eThe Battle of Anghiari\u003c\/a\u003e provided an extraordinary example of martial art (the painting deteriorated very quickly due to shortcomings in Leonardo’s experimental technique and is therefore no longer visible), is predominant in these works. But the references to Flemish painting suggest the setting of Urbino, where northern influences were still quite vivid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Miguel,  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kuadros.com\/products\/san-jorge-y-el-dragon-Raphael\" title=\"Saint George and the Dragon\"\u003eSaint George and the Dragon\u003c\/a\u003e , and the Saint George in the National Gallery in Washington are linked both by their subject — a young armed fighter battling a dragon — and by stylistic elements. All three are attributed to the Florentine period and echo the stimuli Raphael received from the great masters who worked in Florence or whose paintings were visible there. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaphael’s imagination, which comes through especially in the details of San Miguel, is more restrained in the figure of the Archangel, the focal point of the entire composition. This sense of balance and composure is developed even further in the other two panels, where the landscape, still of Umbrian derivation, heightens the serenity of the figures despite the dramatic nature of the subject. These small panels point to a moment when the painter is reaping the stylistic rewards of what he has absorbed so far while, at the same time, posing pictorial problems that he would develop in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Raphael","offers":[{"title":"30X26 Tamaño original","offer_id":52588591055129,"sku":"san-miguel74","price":96.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"45X40","offer_id":52588591087897,"sku":"san-miguel112","price":145.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"60X50","offer_id":52588591120665,"sku":"san-miguel145","price":188.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/9628\/3224\/files\/pintura-San-Miguel-KUADROS.jpg?v=1683784106","url":"https:\/\/kuadros.com\/products\/saint-michael","provider":"KUADROS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}