In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Delacroix made this small sketch for a much larger commission: the ceiling of the Chapel of the Holy Angels in the church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris. In this biblical scene, the archangel Michael vanquishes Satan. Delacroix's powerful, athletic presentation draws from religious paintings by Titian and Rubens, among others. The Saint-Sulpice commission was part of an effort by Napoleon III and other officials to revivify Parisian churches in a bid for national reintegration following the French Revolution.
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Louis Jean Jacques Durameau — Juno Ordering Aeolus to Unleas
Peter Paul Rubens — The Capture of Samson
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Copy after the Painting by Rubens "T
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) — Cupid Presenting Psyche 
Peter Paul Rubens — Meleager and Atalanta and the Hunt of th
Gustave Moreau — Sphinx in a Grotto (Poet, King and Warrior)
Pierre Charles Jombert — The Punishment of the Arrogant Niob
Jacopo Zucchi — Jupiter Fighting the Giants
André Lebrun — The Triumph of Venus
Octave Tassaert (French, 1800–1874) — Heaven and Hell
Félix Ziem — Mermaids Under Water
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904) — Finale of the Rhin
