The work is based on the variations of brown, blue and white colors customary for the master. Archangel Michael is depicted in the garb of a Roman soldier. In his hand he holds the severed head of a snake, the traditional symbolic image of Lucifer, trampling the beheaded monster’s body.
Related Paintings 
Altar image from the church of Sant Agostino: St. Augustine by Piero della Francesca 
Politich of Perugia by Piero della Francesca 
Archangel Michael by Pietro di Cristoforo-Vanucci Perugino 
Resurrection by Piero della Francesca 
Archangel Michael by Victor Vasnetsov 
Archangel Michael 
View of the ideal city by Piero della Francesca 
The Battle of Hercules with Khozroi by Piero della Francesca
Altar image from the church of Sant Agostino: St. Augustine by Piero della Francesca Politich of Perugia by Piero della Francesca Archangel Michael by Pietro di Cristoforo-Vanucci Perugino Resurrection by Piero della Francesca Archangel Michael by Victor Vasnetsov Archangel Michael View of the ideal city by Piero della Francesca The Battle of Hercules with Khozroi by Piero della Francesca