With all the talk of Giotto’s hidden devil in the clouds in a fresco from the Upper Church in Assisi, I thought I’d track down one of the most WTF images of a devil ever! Enjoy!

Michael Pacher, Saint Wolfgang and the Devil (detail) from the Fathers of the Church altarpiece, c. 1471-75, oil on panel. Alte Pinakothek, Munich

The full painting shows Saint Wolfgang disputing with the devil. According to his legend, Saint Wolfgang argued with the devil admonishing him to help the saint build a church. In the painting, you can just hear the devil say, out of both of his mouths, “Wait a minute, show me in the Bible where it says that!" The panel was located on the outside right hand side of the altarpiece dedicated to scenes of Church Fathers and would therefore only have been visible when closed. The artist, Michael Pacher, was an accomplished painter and sculptor responsible for the incredible altarpiece in Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut cathedral, the altarpiece being a towering structure composed of works in both media.