Claudio Coello
Saint Michael the Archangel

ArtistSpanish, 1642–1693
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Saint Michael the Archangel
Date1665–1670
PlaceSpain
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 71 × 45 in. (180.3 × 114.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 80 × 55 × 4 1/2 in. (203.2 × 139.7 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1980.10
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceSir William Hervey (Harvey), Langley Park, Slough, Berkshire, England; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1980.
Exhibition History"Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain," San Diego Museum of Art, May 18–September 2, 2019.
Catalogue raisonnéEdward J. Sullivan, Baroque Painting in Madrid: The Contribution of Claudio Coello, with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Works. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1986, no. P13.

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