Art, literature & history
Saint Michael Defeating Heresy and Satan
1730
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on blue laid paper, rubbed on verso with red chalk and incised for transfer
- Dimensions
- overall (octagonal): 25.9 x 28.4 cm (10 3/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2000.68.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Johann Georg Bergmüller. Saint Michael Defeating Heresy and Satan. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Saint Michael Defeating Heresy and Satan — Johann Georg Bergmüller. 1730.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on blue laid paper, rubbed on verso with red chalk and incised for transfer.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall (octagonal): 25.9 x 28.4 cm (10 3/16 x 11 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2000.68.1. Director's Discretionary Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.