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.
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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