Canto Nono': Archangel Michael helps the Christians to defeat the Turks
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1586 - 1590
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
191 x 140 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.10.49
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1871-0812-307
Summary
(Folio 27, recto, lower right print) 'Canto Nono': Archangel Michael helps the Christians to defeat the Turks. In the foreground the Christians Army fights against Turkish soldiers. In the background a fortification, at right, and the Archangel Michael rejecting back demons in the hell;
Makers and roles
after Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) , painter Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), engraver (inciser)