What this record describes
The archangel Raphael is depicted standing above a church built in his honor. The painting illustrates the dramatic highpoint in a story that explains Raphael's relationship to the church. According to legend, soon after the church's completion, the ground beneath the building began to shake, and it became evident that the structure was built on the back of a sea monster. Raphael speared the monster, saving the church and its congregation from destruction. Raphael's spear is shown descending down through the building; it is likely that the missing portion of the canvas featured the sea monster.
Quoted from the Wikimedia Commons file page, written by the uploader.
- Source date
- mid 19 th century
- Date evidence
- Date from the Wikimedia Commons file record, which dates the file rather than the object.
- Holding institution
- The Walters Art Museum
- Catalogue source
- Wikimedia Commons
- Source record
- commons-18844832