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1495: Weighing Souls

Posted on December 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

Juan de la Abadía (the Elder) - Saint Michael Weighing Souls (c. 1480-1495)

Juan de la Abadía (the Elder): Saint Michael
Weighing Souls (c. 1480-1495) (source)

Note the Devil trying to cheat by pushing down the scale; St Michael doesn’t like this and points his spear threateningly.

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