St Michael Casting Lucifer from Heaven, by Christoph Schwarz

An image of St Michael Casting Lucifer from Heaven. Schwarz, Christoph (German, c.1545-1592). Pen and brown ink, with brown and grey wash, on paper, height 306 mm, width 215 mm, 16th Century.

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St Michael Casting Lucifer from Heaven. Schwarz, Christoph (German, c.1545-1592). Pen and brown ink, with brown and grey wash, on paper, height 306 mm, width 215 mm, 16th Century.

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Accession Number: 2803
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 714 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 190.79kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:01:11 13:36:35

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16th Century 458392 Archangel Artistic Movement Christoph Schwarz Date Department Fitz_PDP German Late Renaissance Lucifer Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords People Renaissance Satan St Michael The Devil Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd angels drawing expelling expulsion falling heaven religion religious tumbling Artist/Maker

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