The Archangel Michael Defeating Satan, in a Niche

Hubert Gerhard|Lucas Kilian|Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido)

1588 or later · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

A Dutch artist active in Munich, Hubert Gerhard made multiple sculptures for the city’s Church of Saint Michael. His large figure of the Archangel, to whom the church is dedicated, defeating Satan occupies a central niche on the building’s facade. It is reproduced here in a finely worked engraving by Lucas Kilian, a prominent German printmaker, after a lost drawing by Peter Candid.

Artist

Hubert Gerhard|Lucas Kilian|Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido)

Date

1588 or later

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953