On 4 October 1454 Piero was contracted to paint the high altarpiece of S. Agostino in Sansepolcro. It was apparently completed by 14 November 1469. On pictorial grounds the following panels, placed from left to right, are associated with it: ' Saint Augusti ...

This & other fragments in the Collection are from a large fresco (now transferred to canvas) of the ' Fall of Lucifer' which was painted for the Compagnia di Sant' Angelo or S. Michele Arcangelo in Arezzo, Italy. The scene shows Saint Michael & other angels fighting a war in heaven. The battle took place before God who was originally shown enthroned above, while Lucifer's agents plunge to earth below. The story is from the New Testament (Revelation 12: 7-9). According to the painter & biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511
- 1574), Spinello made the figure of Lucifer so horrible that it gave him bad dreams & he died soon after. This fragment of Saint Michael was not cut horizontally from the fresco; the right-hand end is considerably higher than the left-hand end. On one ' Decorative Border' fragment, an angel & an unidentified saint are depicted. On the other ' Decorative Border' fragment, a donor kneels between medallions containing another saint & angel.
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Create your own bespoke print of Carlo Crivelli’s Saint Michael from our collection. About this painting Saint Michael, about 1476 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1868 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Bartolomé Bermejo’s Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devi from our collection. About this painting Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devi, 1468 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1995 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

The altarpiece is complete & was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It came from the Camaldolese Nunnery of San Giovanni in Pratovecchio, Italy. In the pinnacles are the Archangel Gabriel, the Trinity & the Virgin Annunciate. On the left panel ar ...

This painting & ' Saint Ambrose (?)', to judge by the perspective, were perhaps originally part of the upper tier of an altarpiece in compartments (polyptych). Since the pictures are Milanese, the bishop is likely to be Saint Ambrose who was the patron sa ...

This is a panel from an altarpiece. Saint Paul is depicted before a niche, with his usual attributes of a book (symbolic of his epistles) & the sword by which he was martyred. The artist was named after a very important Milanese court commission. ...

' Saint Peter & a Donor' and' Saint Paul & a Donatrix' are shutters from the same triptych, the central panel of which is now lost. The left-hand panel, shows a male donor presented by Saint Peter who holds the keys of heaven. The right-hand panel shows ...

Saint Paul & his companions were shipwrecked during a terrifying storm on the Mediterranean island of Malta. The event is described (Acts of the Apostles 28: 2-3) as having taken place during the day but Elsheimer has chosen to show the scene at night. ...

During Saint Paul's mission to Ephesus (in modern Turkey), he succeeded in converting many of the city's inhabitants to Christianity, & some who had previously 'used curious arts' publicly burnt their books & manuscripts. New Testament (Acts 19: 18-20 ...