Saint Michael the Archangel
by Gloria Ssali
Title
Saint Michael the Archangel
Artist
Gloria Ssali
Medium
Painting - Watercolour
Description
In many depictions Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield.[24] The shield may bears the Latin inscription Quis ut Deus.[120] He may be standing over a serpent, a dragon, or the defeated figure of Satan, whom he sometimes pierces with a lance.[24] The iconography of Michael slaying a serpent goes back to the early 4th century, when Emperor Constantine defeated Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople in 324 AD, not far from the Michaelion a church dedicated to Archangel Michael
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Comments (18)
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is featured in the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group!
Randy Burns
Gloria, love the composition and color here AND those glowing, radiant eyes are spectacular. F/L
Nicole Jean-Louis
Yes Gloria! You had depicted the most powerful and the most handsome of all the angels in heaven...very well!! I love those biceps!!!! Marvelous painting Gloria!! L/F