Erzengel [Archangel]

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Erzengel [Archangel]
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  • Title :     Erzengel [Archangel]
  • Artist:     Karl Schmoll von Eisenwerth Artist
  • Accession:     TD1991.134.3
  • Country:     Germany Stuttgart
  • Date:     1918
  • Dimensions:     Inches 55-1/2 47-3/4 Dimensions, framed? Inches 50-1/4 42-3/8 Dimensions, support, Centimeters 141.0 121.3 Dimensions, framed? Centimeters 127.6 107.6 Dimensions, support
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     War/Military , Allegory , Good and Evil , Christian Art and Symbolism , Figurative , World War I 1914-1918
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1991.134.3.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Oil on linen canvas painting depicting an allegory symbolizing the freedom which came at the end of World War I; depicts the archangel Michael standing on the Milky Way holding a flaming sword and standing above the defeated angel who is holding a broken sword; in the background is the firmament; gold leaf decorative frame.