Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Angels Battling Demons; Apartment of St. Pius V
Alternate Title:
Storie angeliche; Appartamento di San Pio V
Image View:
Overall view of domed ceiling, paintings of the drum and tondi below
Creator:
Federico Zuccaro (Italian painter, ca. 1540-1609); Giorgio Vasari (Italian painter, 1511-1574)
Location:
repository: Vatican Palace (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
Location Note:
Apostolic Palace; Apartment of St Pius V
GPS:
41.903611 12.456389
Date:
1570-1571 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
allegory; saints; Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397 ; Angels; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Michael (Archangel); Popes; archangels; demons; Hell; Latin Fathers of the Church
Description:
Ceiling painting of angels battling demons in the Apartment of St. Pius V (reigned 1566-1572). This Apartment consists of a gallery, two small rooms and a chapel. This ceiling is in the chapel, which is dedicated to St. Michael, Archangel. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivati cani.va/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-VASARI-VM-AD-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Angels Battling Demons; Apartment of St. Pius V