Crozier with Saint Michael and the Dragon

1225-1250 (Medieval)

22 cm 32 cm 7.6 cm

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Within the curved volute, St. Michael battles a dragon, a symbol of the Devil described in Book of Revelation 12:6-9. This scene is the one most commonly found on Limoges croziers, as it symbolizes the victory of Good over Evil. It is an especially appropriate metaphor for t...

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A. Tollin, Paris; Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 20, 1897, no. 49; Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris [photographed in the collection before 1917]; Leonce Rosenberg, Paris; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 12, 1924, no. 62; Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, 1924; Henri Daguerre, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, August 27, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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