Title: St. Michael

Artist:  Luca Giordano

Year: 1663

Genre: religious art

Period: Baroque

Dimensions: 198 cm × 147 cm (78 in × 58 in)

Medium: Oil on canvas

The story of the Archangel Michael’s victory over Satan and the renegade angels is told in Revelation (12, 7-9). As a Christian knight, St. Michael was perceived as a symbol of the Catholic Church victorious over Protestantism and the Turkish threat.