Doorknocker in the Shape of a Demon Riding a Dragon
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...
Artifact
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37686
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
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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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1 |
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bronze
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