Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael (1458) by Filippo Lippi - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Fra Filippo Lippi, a Carmelite friar and one of the great masters of early Renaissance Florence, depicted realistic, weighty figures in a three-dimensional space using a system of linear perspective, inspired partly by Masaccio’s Brancacci Chapel, and reflected in the background architecture. Saint Michael’s sword and shield refer to his role as heaven’s defender against evil.