Caption:
Saint Michael and the Dragon, ca. 1405, Tempera on wood, gold ground, 41 3/8 x 40 3/4 in. (105.1 x 103.5 cm), Paintings, Spanish (Valencian) Painter (active in Italy, early 15th century), This work was painted in Italy by an unknown artist whose style is indebted to the richness and refinement of Valencian art at the beginning of the fifteenth century. Saint Michael wears a brightly colored brigandine embellished with gold foliate decoration and wields a great sword with almost balletic grace against the seven-headed dragon of the Apocalypse