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The Dragon Pursues the Woman Clothed in the Sun Who Receives the Wings of an Eagle (Main View)
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The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
After the woman clothed with the sun gives birth to her child, understood by medieval commentators to represent Jesus, she is pursued by a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns. As the dragon leaps from the earth, the woman looks back over her shoulder, visibly frightened. Before the dragon reaches her, however, an angel gives her two eagle's wings so she can fly away to safety.
Details
- Title: The Dragon Pursues the Woman Clothed in the Sun Who Receives the Wings of an Eagle (Main View)
- 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.72.21v
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 21v
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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