Loans to Fogg Museum

The Fogg Museum has recently received as a loan from the Boston Art Museum, a sixteenth century Flemish copy of Michael Angelo's Holy Family in the Uffizi; also a panel by an unknown master of the south German school, representing the weighing of a human soul by Saint Michael, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint George. Saint Michael holds the scales and pours holy water on the form of a dragon in the scales which represents the soul, thus making the balance go down on the side of purity. The devil, in the form of a dragon, vainly claws at the other side of the scales, in which are a tower, food, and money, representing the possessions of this world. On the left side, Saint George is killing the dragon, and on the right side, Saint John the Baptist holds a lamb. The picture is large and striking, and is interesting for its quaintness, though it can hardly be called a beautiful work of art.