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Michalská 6

Svätý Michal

Saint Michael

Archangel, the field commander of the Army of God. He is often depicted slaying Satan represented as a dragon, and with a shield with text quis ut deus (Who is like God?, a literal translation of the name Michael).
(Wikipedia)

Daniel Brunovský
2006

Description

Modern steel sculpture of Saint Michael with the dragon, standing in Michalská (Michael Street) front of a house with a tile showing Saint Michael, in which the artist has his gallery.

Inscription(s)

Signed: 2006 d brvnovský

Saint Michael and the dragon

The motif of Michael and the dragon appears in Michael's fight with Samael in the Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal work.
The characteristic difference with the other dragonslayer saint George is that Michael as an angel is always depicted with wings.

Sculptor

Daniel Brunovský, Slovak sculptor and painter of Bratislava (Website).

Locatie (N 48°8'39" - E 17°6'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: skbr018; Photograph: 5 September 2012
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