Why it matters
The Archangel Michael leads God's angels against a tangle of half-human, half-animal rebel angels and the seven-headed dragon. It is often considered Frans Floris's most famous painting.
Did you know?
- It was the central panel of an altarpiece for the Antwerp fencers' guild.
- Its side panels were lost in the iconoclastic fury of 1566.
- It hung in Antwerp Cathedral.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Floris) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
