War in Heaven

Title

War in Heaven

Draughtsman

• Frans Floris ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Flemish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for a painting?
• study after a painting?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet in der Darstellung oben mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): הוה [dt. JHWH, Jahwe]

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Michael (archangel)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Offenbarung

Primary

• 11G32 the Archangel Michael (and other angels) casting the rebel angels out of heaven
• 11G331 the fall of Satan, fall of Lucifer

Alternative Attribution

• German ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Frans Floris draughtsman; declined, by note on mount