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Warrior Fighting a Dragon
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWarrior Fighting a Dragon, c. 1170–1180. Anglo-Norman, England or France, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; diameter: 6.5 x 0.3 cm (2 9/16 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951.546
