Crosier Head with Saint Michael and the Dragon
Crosier Head with Saint Michael and the Dragon
Place of OriginLimoges, France
Date13th century
Dimensions8 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 5/8 in. (22.2 × 14.6 × 1.6 cm)
MediumChamplevé enamel on gilded copper with turquoise
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1950.251
Not on View
DescriptionCopper-gilt, champlevé enamel. Dark blue enamel, and turquoise inlays
Archangel killing the dragon.
Published ReferencesPutney, Richard H., Medieval Art, Medieval People: The Cloister Gallery of the Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 2002, p. 36, repr. (col.) fig. 30. Matthias Wagner K. and Katharina Weiler, eds., The Collection of Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild Museum Angewandtekunst, 2023, pp.340-341, p. 400, p. 424 repr. (col.).
Exhibition HistoryFrankfurt a Main, Kunstgewerbe Museum, catalogue No. 64.
Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1989. Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, Museum Angewandte Kunst, The Collection of Maximillian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, January 28 - June 4, 2023.
13th century
mid-14th century
13th century
mid-13th century
13th century
1190-1200
about 1160
about 1210-1230
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