Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a winged archangel with a staff standing over a coiled serpent-like creature.

St. Michael Archangel and the Devil

A winged figure in a short tunic and cloak stands on a serpentine creature at the bottom of the sheet, gripping a long staff raised above his head. Pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on blue-toned paper, with the outline of a fallen dragon curling beneath his feet.

Artist: Guido Reni
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), over black chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on crea
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2920 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1699).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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