Altarpieces

The multi-panel object above the altar. Polyptychs and retablos, Spanish and Italian trittici, the Madonna-and-saints groupings where Michael stands to one side, and the Wilton Diptych, pieces built to be seen by a congregation, not a curator.

Part of Saint Michael

48 moments in this segment.

1. 1336 - 1 Niccolo di Segna, San Benedetto e Michele arcangelo, ca. 1336, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
2. 1350 - Bartolomeo bulgarini, trittichetto con maestà e altre storie, 1350-60 ca. 01. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
3. 1350 - Església de Sot de Ferrer, retaule de sant Miquel Arcàngel. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
4. 1350 - Retaule de sant Miquel Arcàngel, església de la Concepció de Sot de Ferrer. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
5. 1354 - 8 Andrea di Cione Orcagna, Strozzi Altarpiece. 1354-57, Santa Maria Novella, Florence.. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
6. 1354 - 8a Andrea di Cione Orcagna, Strozzi Altarpiece. Detail. 1354-57, Santa Maria Novella, Florence.. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
7. 1395 - Wilton diptych. The Wilton Diptych, c. 1395-99, in which Richard II is presented to the Virgin by saints; angels wear his white hart badge. English or French court painting.
8. 1395 - Wilton diptych; left-hand panel. Left panel of the Wilton Diptych, c. 1395, showing Richard II with his patron saints.
9. 1400 - Jacobello da fiore, trittico, 1400-30 ca. 02. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
10. 1405 - Pere vall, santi michele e amador, 1405 ca. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
11. 1443 - Rogier van der Weyden - Beaune Altarpiece. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
12. 1450 - Altarpiece from Escalarre 3 DMA. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
13. 1450 - Bottega degli zavattari, ss. michele arcangelo e g. battista, dalla coll. pompei, vr 03. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
14. 1450 - Maestro di Pratovecchio, trittico con Maestà, Santa Brigida e san Michele. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
15. 1450 - Master Of Pratovecchio - The Three Archangels - WGA14476. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
16. 1450 - Michaelskapelle 02, Piesendorf. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
17. 1450 - Michele Giambono - Polyptych of St James - WGA8948. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
18. 1450 - Predela con la Resurrección de Cristo, de Miguel Ximénez (Museo del Prado). European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
19. 1450 - San Michele arcangelo San Giovanni Battista. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
20. 1466 - Hans Memling 019. Hans Memling, The Last Judgement, 1466-73; the Archangel Michael in armour weighs souls at the centre of the triptych.
21. 1470 - Heiliger Sebastian und Erzengel Michael (Meister der Lichtensteiner Geburt)-WUS07627. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
22. 1471 - Baldassarre di biagio, sant'anna metterza e altri santi, 1471, 02 michele e caterina d'alessandria. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
23. 1473 - Ercole de' roberti, san michele, 1473 ca. da polittico griffoni. Depiction of the Archangel Michael in European art; digitised artwork.
24. 1483 - Master of the Legend of Saint Ursula - Saint Michael and Saint Christopher (panel of the Triptych of the Annun. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
25. 1483 - Master of the Legend of Saint Ursula - The Triptych of the Annunciation. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
26. 1500 - Perugino, pala di vallombrosa. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
27. 1505 - Cima da Conegliano, Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Michele Arcangelo e Andrea. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
28. 1505 - Die Heiligen Michael und Stephanus-Inzigkofener Altar-WUS04432. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
29. 1505 - Salamanca - CV Retablo San Miguel. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
30. 1507 - Girolamo Marchesi - The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Michael, Catherine of Alexandria, Cecilia, and. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
31. 1517 - Innocenzo da imola, madonna in gloria e santi, 1517-22. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
32. 1525 - Triptych of the Master of Mendicity, town-hall panel. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
33. 1525 - Tríptico del Maestro de la Mendicidad. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
34. 1530 - Joos van Cleve, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie - Flügelaltar - GG 938 - Kunsthistorisches Museu. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
35. 1542 - Madonna col Bambino in gloria con san Francesco e san Michele Arcangelo che presenta un donatore. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
36. 1545 - Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta - Madonna col Bambino e i santi Michele Arcangelo, Giuseppe e Giovannino, 154. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
37. 1550 - Ignoto XVIsec Pala San Michele Riva Valdobbia. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
38. 1550 - Madonna col bambino e santi (Moretto). European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
39. 1588 - Ercole Ramazzani, Madonna col Bambino e i santi Michele Arcangelo e Antonio Abate, 1588, Cerreto d'Esi, chiesa. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
40. 1650 - Arcanjos Miguel, Rafael e Anjo da Guarda, Miguel de Paiva, Centro Interpretativo do Mosteiro de Lorvão 02. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
41. 1650 - Seguace di Francesco Curradi, Madonna in gloria coi santi Michele, Paolo e la decollazione del Battista 04. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
42. 1650 - Kloster Wald Stiftungstafel 17Jh. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
43. 1750 - St.Michael - Hochaltar 1 Bild. European painting of Saint Michael; digitised artwork, dated to its execution.
44. 2011-07-05 - How a Renaissance Altarpiece Was Made. A National Gallery introduction to the construction, gilding and function of Italian altarpieces, the format in which most Michael panels survive.
45. 2023-06-07 - Perugino's Archangel Michael in London. A short gallery study of Perugino's Archangel Michael panel (c. 1496-1500) from the Certosa di Pavia altarpiece, now in the National Gallery.
46. 2024-01-01 - St. Michael Archangel - Altar of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart - La Profesa, Mexico City - Mexico 2024. Saint Michael on the altar of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, La Profesa church, Mexico City, photographed 2024.
47. 2024-05-30 - Decoding the Wilton Diptych. National Gallery curator Emma Capron and conservator Britta New examine Richard II's private devotional diptych, its gold ground and its eleven angels.
48. 2024-08-08 - The Wilton Diptych in Medieval Context. A National Gallery curatorial fellow places the Wilton Diptych in the visual culture of late fourteenth-century England, with close-up detail.