Doorknocker in the Shape of a Demon Riding a Dragon

1500-1525 (Renaissance) 9 13/16 in. (25 cm) Citation Source image

A gleeful demon with the head of a satyr grasps the horns of a bull-headed dragon. This is a witty response to the ancient Roman taste for giving everyday bronze objects shapes that combine legendary creatures and exaggerated real animals and people. It was in university circ...

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37686
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object
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A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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bronze

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