A glazed terracotta sculpture titled "Saint Michael the Archangel," by the Florentine sculptor Andrea della Robbia, ca. 1475. Michael is shown in his role as the warrior archangel who casts down the rebel angels and weighs souls at judgment, a figure venerated across the Christian tradition as the chief defender against evil. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department, under accession 60.127.2.
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Date of Creation Attributed To Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectSaint Michael the Archangel, the warrior angel of Christian, Jewish and Islamic tradition 1 Custody
Current LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Current CustodianThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Custody HistoryHarris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1960 1 Attributions
TraditionRoman Catholic Christianity (veneration of angels) 1 Physical Form
DimensionsOverall (confirmed): 31 1/8 × 61 7/8 in., 217.7 lb. (79.1 × 157.2 cm, 98.7 kg) 1 Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and CopyrightThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has designated this work as being in the public domain and makes it available through its Open Access policy; no permission is required for reproduction. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The Met's own title for this sculpture names the subject outright, "Saint Michael the Archangel," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
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