Saint Michael

Frühe Holzschnitte, c. 1450/1470

The image shows a person dressed as an angel, positioned upright. They have blonde hair and serene facial expression, wearing a long red robe with a white hem. The angel has large ornate wings that are green with red borders, holding a balance scale with two pans. One pan contains a figure dressed in white with a red hat, and the other contains a smaller figure in a red and gray outfit. The angel also has a pink halo. The background includes green grass and blue horizontal stripes in the sky.
Artist
Frühe Holzschnitte
Date
c. 1450/1470
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in red, green, blue, brown, gold, and yellow
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

The image shows a person dressed as an angel, positioned upright. They have blonde hair and serene facial expression, wearing a long red robe with a white hem. The angel has large ornate wings that are green with red borders, holding a balance scale with two pans. One pan contains a figure dressed in white with a red hat, and the other contains a smaller figure in a red and gray outfit. The angel also has a pink halo. The background includes green grass and blue horizontal stripes in the sky.

Frühe Holzschnitte