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Source Description
The archangel Michael was widely honored as a saint, in which role he is sometimes shown without his customary wings. Wearing the armor of a 15th-century knight, he is represented as defender of the Church against the devil, here symbolized by the dragon. Saint George is also depicted as a knight slaying a dragon, but only Michael wears a diadem. In this lithe and beautifully detailed figure, we see a late reflection of the International Gothic style. The sword is a later replacement. The halo shown in the on-line image is a later addition and has been removed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1384
label
Saint Michael and the Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1384
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Saint Michael and the Dragon
description
The archangel Michael was widely honored as a saint, in which role he is sometimes shown without his customary wings. Wearing the armor of a 15th-century knight, he is represented as defender of the Church against the devil, here symbolized by the dragon. Saint George is also depicted as a knight slaying a dragon, but only Michael wears a diadem. In this lithe and beautifully detailed figure, we see a late reflection of the International Gothic style. The sword is a later replacement. The halo shown in the on-line image is a later addition and has been removed.
provenance
Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1480-1490 (Late Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
114.9
height
41.1
depth
27
dimensionsRaw
H: 45 1/4 x W: 16 3/16 x D: 10 5/8 in. (114.9 x 41.1 x 27 cm)
style
late Gothic
Source extras
med
wood (oak)
creator_ids
15361
collection_ids
REN
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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4331b09cf329a337