Cleveland Museum of Art
Warrior Fighting a Dragon
- Date
- c. 1170–1180
- Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Culture
- Anglo-Norman, England or France, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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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