Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Title:
The Angel Binding Satan
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 × 14 3/4 inches (45.1 × 37.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.224
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
clouds | angels | devil | leg (animal component) | serpent | wings | leg | religious and mythological subject | skull | armor | key | binding | light | heaven | pink (color) | rope
Currently On View:
On view
Exhibition History:
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)Philippe - Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812) (Musee de Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, 2012-11-17 - 2013-02-18)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 152, 153, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)Olivier Lefeuvre, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg : 1740-1812, , Arthena, Paris, 2012, pp. 160, 276, 277, cat. no. 214, NJ18.L928 A12 L44 2012 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Musee des Beaux Arts de Strasbourg, Loutherbourg ( Strasbourg, 1740 - Londres, 1812 ):, tourments et chime`res : livret de l'exposition , Musees de la vie de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 2012, p. 14, V 1392 (YCBA)