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ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE RAPHAËL
Saint Michel terrassant le démon
huile sur toile
130,2 x 98 cm. (5114 x 3512 in.)
Provenance
Collection particulière, Paris.
FURTHER DETAILS
FRENCH SCHOOL 17th CENTURY, FOLLOWER OF RAPHAEL, SAINT MICHAEL VANQUISHING SATAN, OIL ON CANVAS

Painted by Raphael (1483-1520) in 1518, Saint Michael vanquishing Satan was first hung in Fontainebleau, then in the King's Cabinet in the Louvre, in the Tuileries and in the King's Chamber in Versailles before it was returned to the walls of the Louvre (Paris, inv. no. 610).
This prestigious royal provenance explains the great fortune that the painting enjoyed in French artistic circles in the 17th Century. In addition to the present work, we know of another important copy of the work, which is preserved in the church of Saint-Alpin in Châlons-sur-Marne, a building that was classified as a Monument Historique in 1911.
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Peint par Raphaël (1483-1520) en 1518, Saint Michel terrassant le démon fut successivement accroché à Fontainebleau, dans le Cabinet du Roi au Louvre, aux Tuileries et dans la Chambre du Roi à Versailles avant de rejoindre les cimaises du Louvre (Paris, no. inv. 610).
Cette provenance royale prestigieuse explique l'importante fortune visuelle que connut le tableau dans les cercles artistiques français au XVIIe siècle. Outre l'oeuvre ci-présente, nous connaissons un autre tableau copiant l'oeuvre du célèbre peintre d'Urbino : il s'agit d'une huile sur toile conservée dans l'église Saint-Alpin de Châlons-sur-Marne ayant fait l'objet d'un classement Monument Historique au titre d'objet en 1911.

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