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Armageddon (cyrcle of Pierre de Cortone)

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English: Circle of Pierre de Cortone

Armageddon

Oil on canvas

92,7 x 81,7 cm ; 36½ by 32⅛ in.

The extraordinary iconography of this work is an almost literal interpretation of the Book of Revelation (16: 1-14), which describes the final battle between Good and Evil on the day of the Last Judgment. Seven angels pour out the bowls of God’s wrath on the Earth, each one unleashing a new plague. The dragon on the right represents the false prophets, from whose mouths issue ‘unclean spirits like frogs’.

Although it depicts a subject rarely tackled in Italian painting, this work was certainly executed by an artist close to Pietro da Cortona, as suggested by the mysterious heavily draped figures that close the composition on the left.
Date 17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/tableaux-dessins-sculptures-1300-1900-2/circle-of-pierre-de-cortone-armageddon
Author
Circle of Pietro da Cortona  (1596–1669)  wikidata:Q333323 s:it:Autore:Pietro da Cortona q:it:Pietro da Cortona
 
Circle of Pietro da Cortona
Alternative names
Pietro Berretini, Pietro Berrettini da Cortona
Description Italian painter, architect, general contractor and drawer
Date of birth/death 1 November 1596 Edit this at Wikidata 16 May 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cortona (Tuscany) Cortona (Tuscany)
Work period High Baroque
Work location
Cortona, Rome, Florence
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1776,Q333323

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