# Fall of the Rebel Angels

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BECCAFUMI, Domenico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 347 x 227 cm

## Commentary

Fall of the Rebel Angels c. 1524 Oil on wood, 347 x 227 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena This spectacular and grandiloquent painting was produced during the period Beccafumi was closest to Michelangelo whose Last Judgment was only recently finished when Beccafumi painted this panel. While the elongated muscular nudes recall the nudes of Michelangelo, in terms of appearance there is little formal connection between the two artists. The confusion of the scene suggests that the picture is probably unfinished, and a satisfying solution may have eluded the artist.

## Related artworks

- [Birth of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/birth-of-the-virgin-r437bb2603be443>)
- [Fall of the Rebel Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/fall-of-the-rebel-angels-r87e74ec391e9a5>)
- [Head of a Youth Seen in Profile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/head-of-a-youth-seen-in-profile-r72e9e74f77eaaa>)
- [Hermathena](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/hermathena-r08db23078351e5>)
- [Judgment of Zaleukos](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/judgment-of-zaleukos-rcdbd14ad366537>)
- [Madonna with the Infant Christ and St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/madonna-with-the-infant-christ-and-st-john-the-baptist-rdc6f580a4396fb>)
- [Moses and the Golden Calf](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/moses-and-the-golden-calf-rdedcf7dd4453e2>)
- [Mystical Marriage of St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/mystical-marriage-of-st-catherine-rcb8f09891e20ac>)
- [Penelope](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/penelope-r7dfda1043b9970>)
- [Scipio Appeals to the Honour of his Soldiers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/scipio-appeals-to-the-honour-of-his-soldiers-r1ec121b33f682c>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/st-jerome-r0f07fdf3059855>)
- [St Lucy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/st-lucy-ra2110c0365d618>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)