Principal group of figures of Fontaine Saint-Michel
The dark bronze statue of St Michael fighting the Devil by Francisque Duret (1860) is the centre piece of the Fontaine Saint-Michel in the 5th arrondissement. Saint Michael with his large wings towers over a fallen devil lying on a rock. With one hand he points up to the sky, in the other he holds his sword ready to strike his adversary.
He is wearing a Roman-style uniform with breast-plate and short skirt.
The rock has been sculpted by Félix Saupin.