여자와 용 2

 

 

 

 

(계 12:7)

○하늘에 전쟁이 있으니 미가엘과 그의 사자들이 용과 더불어 싸울새 용과 그의 사자들도 싸우나 계20:2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pieter Bruegel the Elder ca. 1520 – 1569

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

oil on panel (117 × 162 cm) — 1562

  Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder biography

 

This work is linked to Revelation 12:7

 

The influence of Bosch on Bruegel is clearly felt in this painting; note the many fantastic figures with fish-heads and bodies of shrimp.

The central figure in the golden harness is the archangel Michael who, with his allies, is fighting the insurgent angels. The trumpet sounds, both in heaven and on earth.

The rebel angels had, according to John's Revelation, joined a dragon. Thereupon Michael c.s. had cast the rebels to earth.

Bruegel was living in Antwerp when he painted this work. A year later he moved to Brussels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hans Memling ca. 1433 – 1494

Archangel Michael

oil on panel (41 × 16 cm) — 1480

Wallace Collection, London

Hans Memling biography

 

This work is linked to Revelation 12:7

 

This used to be the right wing of a triptych. The center panel probably showed a pietà by Rogier van der Weyden; Memling painted the wings.

Michael, protector of Israel, is usually depicted holding a sword.