Horned demon crushed by armoured foot of Saint Michael the Archangel as the Archangel drives a lance into the demon’s mouth. Detail of Late Gothic 1400s fresco, attributed to German artist Jost Haller, in the Église Saint-Thomas Lutheran church in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Grand-Est, France.
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Grand Est, France: a grotesque horned demon crushed under the armoured foot of Saint Michael stares up at its assailant as the archangel drives a lance into its mouth in this detail of a striking 15th century fresco, attributed to German Late Gothic artist Jost Haller, in the Église Saint-Thomas, the city’s Lutheran Protestant St Thomas’ Church. At 310 in (25 ft 10 in) or 787 cm high and 170 in (14 ft 2 in) or 432 cm wide, the complete fresco on the east wall of the south aisle is one of the largest artworks of its kind in France. Jost Haller was born in Alsace in the early 1400s and died in the 1470s. He was active in Strasbourg, Metz and Saarbrücken and is known as “Le peintre des chevaliers” (the painter of the knights). His name was forgotten until 1980 when it was rediscovered by an art historian. A number of paintings and illuminated manuscripts have since been attributed to him, including the Tempelhof Altarpiece from Bergheim, Haut-Rhin, painted around 1445 and now in a museum at Colmar. In 2006, a new bridge in Strasbourg was named after him.
Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Église Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Grand Est, France
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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