The Archangel Michael Defeating Satan, in a Niche
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Archangel Michael Defeating Satan, in a Niche
- Printmaker: Lucas Kilian (German, Augsburg 1579–1637 Augsburg)
- Designer: Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548–1628 Munich)
- Inventor: Hubert Gerhard (Netherlandish, 1540/50–1621, active Germany)
- Date: 1588 or later
- Medium: Engraving
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
- Object Number: 53.601.13(145)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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