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The iconographic prototype of the painting, albeit personalized, is the famous oil on silk altarpiece painted by Guido Reni (1575-1642) around 1635 for the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione in Rome. St. Michael the Archangel, with outstretched wings and an imposing armor with a red cloak, holds his sword against the rebel angel, chained at his feet in the flames of hell.
oil on canvas, (cm): 113 x 80
in antique frame 123 x 90
Provenance: Private collection, Genoa
We share a splendid work, a large oil painting on canvas made around the mid-seventeenth century, which incorporates the iconography of the famous St. Michael the Archangel, commissioned to Guido Reni in 1635 for the Capuchin Church in Rome.
The canvas shows the Archangel Michael in the fight against Evil, depicted as a young man of rare beauty, strong and delicate at the same time, who, with his sword drawn, rejects an irritated devil to hell, whose head he tramples on with his feet; The soft draperies envelop the angel's body with intense classicism, where a balanced composition focuses the observer's attention on his angelic face.
We can say that the proposed canvas, considering the time of its execution and the quality, is certainly the work of an artist trained in the prolific workshop of Reni. Simone Cantarini, Guido Cagnacci, Elisabetta Sirani, Nunzio Rossi, Giovan Francesco Gessi and Giovan Giacomo Sementi, Giovanni Andrea Sirani, are just some of the most talented students of his workshop, who necessarily came into contact with the prototypes of the works, constituting a very rich formal repertoire from which he will draw during his career.
STORAGE CONDITIONS: The conservation conditions of the work appear excellent, the pictorial layer does not present any kind of problem, despite the size of the canvas.
Like all our objects, the work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and descriptive card (FIMA - CINOA).
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