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The Dragon Fighting the Just
Unknownabout 1255–1260
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Saint John turns away in horror as the dragon, angered by the woman's escape, battles Christian warriors holding shields with crosses. As the text describes, the dragon "went to make war with the rest of the woman's seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus." (Apocalypse 12:17) The dragon's heads face both left and right, a sign of its inescapable power. One of the dragon's heads sinks its teeth into a shield, and even the tail joins in the fray as the head on its end bites one warrior from behind.
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Details
- Title: The Dragon Fighting the Just
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1255–1260
- Location Created: London (probably), England
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 31.9 × 22.5 cm (12 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.MC.72.22v
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 22v
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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