The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Saint Michael the Archangel
c. 1280
Overall: 90 cm (35 7/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
The Archangel Michael is shown here in his traditional role as the protector of souls who escorts the good into heaven. Though damaged, he holds the remnants of a small figure representing a human soul within his right arm. At his feet, the vanquished dragon symbolizes the saint’s defeat of evil in his struggle with the devil. This sculpture is believed to come from the cloister of the former Benedictine monastery of St.-Mihiel (dedicated to Saint Michael) in eastern France, near Verdun. Much of this abbey was destroyed during the French Revolution.- (Ellin Mitchell Works of Art, New York).
- Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-October 6, 2019).Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).CMA 1987: "Year in Review 1986," Bulletin 74 (February 1987), p. 61, no. 30.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.50