St. Michael the Archangel (detail; M 017) Ceramic Tree Decoration

You have several options here: 1) Leave the ornament as is with the same image on both sides. 2) Hide or delete the featured image on the back to reveal our suggested text. Our text, which is provided for demonstration purposes only, may, of course, be replaced with a greeting, a Biblical passage, or any other text of your choosing. 3) Delete or hide the featured image and the suggested text to reveal a solid-colored field ready to receive your own design. To choose a new background color, see the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + In this detail from Three Archangels and Tobias by Francesco Botticini (1446-1498), a minor master of the Early Italian Renaissance, St. Michael has auburn hair, a white openwork halo, a short red cape with a green lining, worn over 15th-century plate armor, and dark wings. In his outstretched right hand, his sword arm, he holds his weapon at the ready, ready to handle any danger on the open road. (Not visible here.) In his free hand, he holds an orb, a symbol of authority, or a weight, a reference to his role in the weighing of souls at the Last Judgment. + Feast: September 29 + Image Credit (M 017): Detail of Three Archangels and Tobias, by Francesco Botticini (1446-1498), tempera on panel, 60 5/8” x 53 1/8” (154cm x 135cm), Florentine Italian, ca. 1470, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. {{PD-Art|PD-old-100}}. From an antique Stengel postcard in the designer’s private collection.