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Warrior Fighting a Dragon
c. 1170-1180
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This gilded copper medallion features an enameled representation of a youthful warrior fighting a winged dragon. As no inscription accompanies the scene, the young hero’s identity remains unknown. It may depict the Arthurian hero Tristan fighting the dragon of Ireland--an epic poem titled Tristan gained popularity at the Plantagenet court of Henry II in England shortly before the medallion was created.
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- Title: Warrior Fighting a Dragon
- Date Created: c. 1170-1180
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 6.5 x 0.3 cm (2 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).
- Type: Enamel
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.546
- Medium: gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Anglo-Norman, England or France, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Accession Number: 1951.546
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