Etching of a standing armored figure with a cross staff, foot on a prone demon, with a coiling serpent and a winged cherub in clouds.

Archangel Michael Fighting the Dragon

A fine-line etching in brown ink shows a standing armored figure with a cross-topped staff, his foot pressing down on a writhing, prone demon below. A coiling serpent rises beside him, and a small winged cherub hovers in clouds at upper right against a plain bordered background.

Artist: anoniem
Date: 1650-1750
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2698 × 3876 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1750.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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