拉斐尔作品《小圣米迦勒》高清图片

作品简介

《圣米迦勒》是意大利艺术家拉斐尔的油画作品，又称《小圣米迦勒》以区别于后期同名大型创作《圣米迦勒降魔》，现藏于巴黎卢浮宫。该作品描绘了大天使米迦勒与地狱恶魔交战的情景，身后是被诅咒的灵魂在受苦。与《圣乔治》一起，这代表了拉斐尔最早创作的军事题材作品。

作为艺术家的早期作品，这幅画创作于1504或1505年，为乌尔比诺公爵圭多巴尔多·达·蒙特费尔特罗绘制在一块棋盘背面，可能是为了表达对法国路易十二世的感激之情，因其授予了公爵的侄子兼继承人弗朗切斯科·马里亚一世·德拉罗韦雷圣米迦勒勋章。无论创作动机如何，至1548年，这幅画已悬挂在枫丹白露宫的藏品中。

朱莉娅·卡特赖特在其2006年的研究《拉斐尔早期作品》中指出，米迦勒绿色翅膀上的金色调可能受到蒂莫特奥·维蒂的影响，而背景中的罪人则表明拉斐尔可能参考了但丁《地狱篇》的插图本。画中描绘的惩罚反映了但丁对伪君子和盗贼的处置方式。

在完成《小圣米迦勒》十余年后，拉斐尔受教皇利奥十世委托于1518年重新演绎这一主题，创作了《圣米迦勒降魔》。

Saint Michael is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. Also called the Little Saint Michael to distinguish it from a larger, later treatment of the same theme, Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan, it is now in the Louvre in Paris. The work depicts the Archangel Michael in combat with the demons of Hell, while the damned suffer behind him. Together with the Saint George, it represents the first of Raphael's works on martial subjects.

An early work of the artist, the painting was executed for Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, in 1504 or 1505 on the back of a draughtboard, possibly commissioned to express appreciation to Louis XII of France for conferring the Order of Saint Michael on Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Guidobaldo's nephew and heir. Whatever the impetus for its creation, by 1548 it hung in the collection at the Palace of Fontainebleau.

In her 2006 study Early Work of Raphael, Julia Cartwright suggests that the work may betray the influence of Timoteo Viti in the gold tinting to the green wings of Michael, while the sinners in the background suggest that Raphael may have consulted an illustrated volume of Dante's Inferno. The punishments depicted reflect Dante's treatment of hypocrites and thieves.

A little more than a decade after completing the little Saint Michael, Raphael was commissioned to revisit the theme, producing Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan for Pope Leo X in 1518.