Archangel
by GUARIENTO d'Arpo, Tempera on panel, 80 x 57 cm
The walls of the chapel of the Palazzo Carrara in Padua were fully covered by panels with paintings of the Madonna, St Matthew Evangelist and 25 angels. After the reconstruction of the palace in 1779 the panels were transferred to the museum.
Among the angels there are four archangels, one of them is shown by this picture. This archangel wearing a decorated robe weighs the souls at the last jjudgment by the scales in the left hand while killing the little devil with the spear in the right hand. The representation shows the influence of the French Gothic.