Saint Michael
Peregrinus·1432
Historical Context
Peregrinus's Saint Michael at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, painted around 1432, depicts the warrior archangel. Peregrinus is a little-known painter whose surviving works suggest connections to both the Marchigian and Venetian painting traditions of the early fifteenth century Altarpieces featuring rows of standing saints served both liturgical and devotional functions, identifying the church's patron saints and giving worshippers specific objects for personal prayer.
Technical Analysis
The archangel is rendered in armor with sword and shield, painted in a style that reflects the eclectic influences of Central Italian provincial painting with careful tempera technique and gold ground.
