St Michael Overcoming the Devil with Angels
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1921
Three-light window.
firm/studio: Morris & Co.designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jonesdesigner: John Henry DearleChurch of St Cybi, Holyhead, AngleseyGiven in memory of Harry Adeane, Captain in the Coldstream Guards, who died at the first Battle of Ypres, 1 November 1914.The composition of Michael here overcoming Satan is clearly inspired by the work of Guido Reni (1575-1642) painted in 1636 for Cardinal Francesco Barberini, in the church of Sta Maria della Concezione, Rome. (This is the painting in which Satan has the unmistakeable features of Pope Innocent X, compare with the portrait by Velasquez.) This was a popular work in the late nineteenth century (see the copy in a private collection from Carmarthenshire and the banner in St Michael's, Abertillery). Given the roots of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones in the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, it is somewhat ironic to find that the inspiration for this design comes from a seventeenth-century painting. However the window is more the work of the designer Henry Dearle, who cartooned the figure of St Michael, while cartoons of figures by Burne-Jones were reused in the outer lights. (ObjectID=1149 ImageID=2194) Original File Name=_MG_7707.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 18-04-2025
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ReferencesMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 196.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2025. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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