Thomas Lawrence’s grandest history painting attracted strong reactions. It is dominated by a muscular male figure, naked apart from his sword, helmet and some carefully placed drapery. He is Satan, the rebel angel, who has been sent to Hell. Standing by …

Jun 6, 2023 · Here are five brilliant depictions of Lucifer in art over the past 250 years. 1. Satan as the Fallen Angel by Sir Thomas Lawrence. This golden, glowing rendition of Lucifer in art is a chalk drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Jun 6, 2018 · Thomas Lawrence's Satan Summoning His Legions is on display in our new Collection Gallery. This free display features treasures of the Royal Academy, including Michelangelo's only marble sculpture in the UK, the Taddei Tondo .

Oct 14, 2024 · 8. Satan Summoning His Legions by Thomas Lawrence. The painting shows a muscular male figure, naked apart from his sword and helmet with a carefully placed drapery over his genitalia. Depicting this figure as Satan, the rebel angel, he stands by a lake of fire as he summons his followers.

Greeting you at the doorway to the gallery is Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA's oil painting, Satan Summoning his Legions, made 1796–1797. Lawrence’s grandest history painting is dominated by a...

Satan Summoning His Legions by Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), 1796/1797, from Royal Academy of Arts

‘Satan Summoning His Legions’ was created in 1797 by Thomas Lawrence in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

May 28, 2015 · Lawrence’s fellow Academician Henry Fuseli accused the young artist of copying from him - “it was from your person, not from your paintings,” Lawrence retorted, presumably to placate the Lucifer-like pride of the “Painter in Ordinary to the Devil” Fuseli.

Sir Thomas Lawrence’s grandest history painting is dominated by a muscular male figure, naked apart from his sword, helmet and some carefully placed drapery. He is Satan, the rebel angel, who has been sent to Hell. Standing by a lake of fire, he summons his followers.

A preparatory drawing in pencil for the figure of Satan in Lawrence's monumental oil painting 'Satan Summoning his Legions' (1797; RA collection 03/1094). The figure's head and helmet are drawn in considerable detail while the rest of the figure is lightly sketched.